Acts 16:5

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And as they went among the cities, they preached and taught them, that they should observe those injunctions which the legates and Elders at Jerusalem had written.

6And they travelled through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia; and the Holy Spirit forbid them to speak the word of God in Asia.

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Cross References

Acts 2:47And they praised God, and had favor with all the people. And our Lord added daily to the assembly those who became alive.

Acts 5:14And the more were those added who feared the Lord, a multitude both of men and of women.

Acts 9:31Moreover the church, in all Judaea, and in Galilee, and in Samaria, had peace and was edified; and it walked in the fear of God, and abounded in the consolation of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 12:24And the gospel of God was proclaimed, and made progress.

Acts 15:41And he travelled through Syria, and through Cilicia, and strengthened the churches.

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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