Acts 5:14

Yet the people continued to hold them in high honor, and more and more believers in the Lord were joining them, both men and women.

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In The King James Version

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

In Context

13but none of the rest dared to associate with them.

15In consequence people would even bring out their sick into the streets, and place them upon beds and pallets as Peter was passing, that at least his shadow might fall upon some of them.

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Cross References

Acts 2:41Then those who welcomed his message were baptized, and in that day about three thousand souls were added to them;

Acts 4:4But many of those who had heard the message 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 →

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