Acts 5:14
(and the more were believers added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,)
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
In Context
13and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:11your infants, your wives, and thy sojourner who [is] in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water —
2 Samuel 6:19and he apportioneth to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, from man even unto woman, to each, one cake of bread, and one eshpar, and one ashisha, and all the people go, each to his house.
Nehemiah 8:2And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month,
Isaiah 45:24Only in Jehovah, said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength, Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him.
Acts 2:41then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,
Acts 4:4and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, 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 →