the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Acts 4:4
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But many of the people who heard the apostles believed what they said. There were now about 5000 men in the group of believers.
How be it many of them which hearde the wordes beleved and the noumbre of the men was aboute fyve thousande.
But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
But many of those who heard their message believed, and the number of men grew to about 5,000.
But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
But many of those who had heard Peter and John preach believed the things they said. There were now about five thousand in the group of believers.
But many of those that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about 5,000.
But many of them who heard the word, believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
But many of them who had heard the word, believed. And the number of the men was about five thousand.
But many of those who had listened to their preaching believed; and the number of the adult men had now grown to be about 5,000.
But manye of hem that hadden herd the word, bileueden; and the noumbre of men was maad fyue thousyndis.
But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
But a lot of people who had heard the message believed it. So by now there were about five thousand followers of the Lord.
But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.
However, many of those who heard the message trusted; the number of men alone was about five thousand.
But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.
And many who heard the word believed; and they were in number as five thousand men.
And many who had heard the word, believed; and they were, in number, about five thousand men.
Howbeit, many of them which heard the word, beleeued, and the number of the men was about fiue thousand.
But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now totaled about 5,000.
But many of those who heard what Peter and John said put their trust in Christ. The group of followers was now about 5,000 men.
But many of those who heard the word believed; and they numbered about five thousand.
Howbeit, many of them which heard the word, beleeued, and the number of the men was about fiue thousand.
Howbeit many of them who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Howbeit, many of them that heard the word, believed; and the number of the men became about five thousand.
But many of them who had heard the word believed: and the number of the men was made five thousand.
But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Howbeit, many of them which hearde the worde, beleued: and the number of the men was about fyue thousande.
But many who heard the message believed; and the number grew to about five thousand.
But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
But many of those who listened to the message believed, and the number of the men was approximately five thousand.
But many of those hearing the Word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.
Howbeit many of the which herde the worde, beleued, and the nombre of ye men was aboute fyue thousande.
however, many who heard Peter's discourse, believed, to the number of about five thousand people.
But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
That didn't stop the number of believers from growing to about five thousand.
But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
many: Acts 28:24, 2 Corinthians 2:14-17, Philippians 1:12-18, 2 Timothy 2:9, 2 Timothy 2:10
the number: Acts 2:41, Genesis 49:10, Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 53:12, John 12:24
Reciprocal: Psalms 40:3 - many Psalms 45:5 - people Psalms 72:16 - There Psalms 110:3 - from the womb Isaiah 32:20 - Blessed Isaiah 44:4 - spring Isaiah 66:8 - shall a nation Ezekiel 47:9 - a very great Matthew 14:21 - about Mark 4:31 - is less than Luke 5:6 - they enclosed Luke 13:19 - and it John 4:38 - sent John 8:28 - then John 14:12 - greater John 17:20 - for them John 21:6 - the multitude Acts 5:14 - believers Acts 6:1 - when Acts 9:35 - all Acts 11:21 - and a Acts 16:5 - increased Acts 21:20 - how Galatians 2:8 - he
Cross-References
So Cain went away from the [manifested] presence of the LORD, and lived in the land of Nod [wandering in exile], east of Eden.
Cain knew his wife [one of Adam's descendants] and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city and named it Enoch, after the name of his son.
And Lamech took for himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he became the father of those [nomadic herdsmen] who live in tents and have cattle and raise livestock.
When the sun had gone down and a [deep] darkness had come, there appeared a smoking brazier and a flaming torch which passed between the [divided] pieces [of the animals].
you shall set apart and dedicate to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock shall be the LORD'S.
Then fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell face downward [in awe and worship].
Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
"All the best of the fresh [olive] oil, and all the best of the new wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the LORD, I give them to you.
"But the firstborn of a cow or of a sheep or of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy [and belong to the LORD]. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Howbeit, many of them which heard the word,.... The doctrine of the Gospel, preached by Peter and John:
believed; the report of it, and in Christ, as risen from the dead, which was the sum and substance of it: and this they did, notwithstanding the opposition made by the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducces, and the violence they used to the apostles; for though they kept their persons in hold, they could not stop the free course of the word, which ran and was glorified:
and the number of the men was about five thousand; or "was five thousand", as the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions read; that is the number, not of the hearers, but "of them that believed", was so many; and so read the Arabic and Ethiopic versions: there were so many persons converted at this time; for this number does not include the three thousand that were converted under the first sermon, but regards those who now became true believers, and were added to the church; so that there were now eight thousand persons added to it; a great increase indeed! now had Christ the dew of his youth, and now were these fishermen fishers of men indeed: that our Lord's feeding five thousand men with five barley loaves and two fishes, should have any regard to the conversion of these five thousand men, is but a conceit.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Howbeit - But; notwithstanding.
Many of them ... - This was one of the instances, which has since been so often repeated, in which persecution is seen to have a tendency to extend and establish the faith which it was designed to destroy. It finally came to be a proverb that “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”; and there is no lesson which men have been so slow to learn as that to oppose and persecute men is the very way to confirm them in their opinions and to spread their doctrines. It was supposed here that the disciples were few; that they were without power, wealth, and influence; and that it was easy to crush them at once. But God made their persecution the means of extending, in a signal manner, the truths of the gospel and the triumphs of his word. And so in all ages it has been, and so it ever will be.
And the number ... - It seems probable that in this number of 5,000 there were included the 120 persons who are mentioned in Acts 1:15, and the 3,000 people who were converted on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2:41. It does not appear probable that 5,000 would have been assembled and converted in Solomon’s porch Acts 3:11 on occasion of the cure of the lame man. Luke doubtless means to say that, up to this time, the number of persons who had joined themselves to the apostles was about 5,000. On this supposition, the work of religion must have made a very rapid advance. How long this was after the day of Pentecost is not mentioned, but it is clear that it was at no very distant period; and the accession of near two thousand to the number of believers was a very striking proof of the power and presence of the Holy Spirit.
Of the men - Of the “persons.” The word “men” is often used without reference to sex, Luke 11:31; Romans 4:8; Romans 11:4.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 4:4. The number - was about five thousand. — That is, as I understand the passage, the one hundred and twenty which were converted before pentecost, the three thousand converted at pentecost, and one thousand eight hundred and eighty converted since the conversion of the three thousand; making in the whole five thousand, or ωσει about that number: there might have been more or less; the historian does not fix the number absolutely. A goodly flock in one city, as the commencement of the Christian Church! Some think all the five thousand were converted on this day; but this is by no means likely.
