Acts 16:5

So were the churches confirmed in the faith, and multiplied in number every day.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

In Context

4And when they had gone into the cities they preached and instructed them to keep those statutes which the apostles and presbyters who were in Urishlem had written.

6But they went through the countries of Phrygia and Galatia; and the Spirit of Holiness forbad them, that they should not preach the word of Aloha in Asia.

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Cross References

Acts 2:47praising Aloha, (and) given (to be) in favour before all the people. And our Lord added daily them who were saved into the church.

Acts 5:14And the more were they who believed added to the Lord, an assemblage of men and of women;

Acts 9:31Nevertheless, in the church which was in Jihud, and in Galila, and Shomreen, there was peace, while (it) was edified; and going forward in the fear of Aloha, and in the consolation of the Spirit of Holiness, was multiplied.

Acts 12:24And the gospel of Aloha was proclaimed, and was great.

Acts 15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. And he came to Derbe the city, and to Lystra.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:2-6

Paul's Adoption of Timothy. 1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered… Read the whole commentary →

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