Acts 5:14
More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
In Context
13None of the rest dared to join them; however, the people honoured them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:11your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,
2 Samuel 6:19He gave to all the people, even amongst the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed, each to his own house.
Nehemiah 8:2Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Isaiah 45:24They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in the LORD.’” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.
Acts 2:41Then those who gladly received his word were baptised. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 4:4But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
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 →