Acts 11:21
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and much number of men believing was converted to the Lord.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
In Context
Cross References
Ezra 7:9And in the first day of the first month Ezra began to go up from Babylon, and in the first day of the fifth month he came into Jerusalem, by the good hand, or help, of the God of him. (Yea, on the first day of the first month Ezra left Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came into Jerusalem, by the good hand, or the help, of his God.)
Nehemiah 2:8and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, that he give trees to me, that I may cover (with it) the gates of the tower of the house, and of the wall of the city, and the house, into which I shall enter. And the king gave (the letters) to me, by the good hand of my God, (that was) with me. (and also a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forests, ordering him to give me wood, (or timber), so that I can make beams for the gates of the stronghold, (or the fortress), and for the city wall, and for the house in which I shall live. And the king gave me the letters, by the good hand of my God, who was with me.)
Isaiah 53:1Who believed to our hearing? (or Who hath believed our report?) and to whom is the arm of the Lord showed?
Luke 1:66And all men that heard putted (it) in their heart (s), and said, What manner child shall this be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
Acts 4:4But many of them that had heard the word, believed; and the number of men was made five thousands [or and the number of them is made five thousand].
Acts 6:7And the word of the Lord waxed, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was much multiplied; also a much company of priests obeyed to the faith. (And the word of the Lord grew, or spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem greatly increased; and also a great number of priests obeyed the faith.)
Matthew Henry on Acts 11:20-27
The Gospel Preached at Antioch; Success of the Gospel at Antioch; Barnabas at Antioch. 19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. 22… Read the whole commentary →