Acts 5:13

No one else dared to join them, but the people held them in high regard.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

In Context

12Now many signs and wonders were taking place among the people by the hands of the apostles, and all the believers were together with one accord in Solomon's portico.

14Yet more and more people believed in the Lord and were added to their number, a multitude of both men and women.

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Cross References

Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 19:48But they could not figure out what to do, for all the people were hanging on his every word as they listened to him.

John 12:42Nevertheless, many even among the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not declare it openly, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:13-17

The Progress of the Gospel. 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of… Read the whole commentary →

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