Cselekedetek 5:14

Biblia Karoli Gaspar

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Bible Verse Review
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believers: Acts 2:41, Acts 2:47, Acts 4:4, Acts 6:7, Acts 9:31, Acts 9:35, Acts 9:42, Isaiah 44:3-5, Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 55:11-13

multitudes: Acts 8:3, Acts 8:12, Acts 9:2, Acts 22:4, Exodus 35:22, Deuteronomy 29:11, Deuteronomy 29:12, Deuteronomy 31:11, Deuteronomy 31:12, 2 Samuel 6:19, Ezra 10:1, Nehemiah 8:2, 1 Corinthians 11:11, 1 Corinthians 11:12, Galatians 3:28

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:23 - What hath Psalms 45:5 - people Isaiah 32:20 - Blessed Isaiah 44:4 - spring Isaiah 60:22 - little Ezekiel 47:9 - a very great Mark 4:31 - is less than John 4:38 - sent Acts 6:1 - when Acts 11:21 - and a Acts 11:24 - and much Acts 16:5 - increased

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And believers were the more added to the Lord,.... That is, to the church, as in Acts 2:47 over which Christ was Lord and head; for they were added to the Lord before, by believing in him, when they gave up themselves to him, to be saved by him; and now to the apostles, and the church by the will of God; and this case of Ananias and Sapphira was so far from hindering persons from coming into the church, that there were greater additions made to it than before, even of such as were true believers in Christ. The Ethiopic version reads, "and many were added who believed in our Lord"; the Arabic version, "they that believed in the Lord increased"; the Syriac version, "and they more increased who believed in the Lord"; and so the Vulgate Latin version, "but the multitude of them that believe in the Lord were the more increased"; all of them reading the phrase, "the Lord", not in construction with the word "added", but with "believers: multitudes both of men and women"; the weaker sex were not intimidated any more than the men, such power went along with the word, and such grace was bestowed upon them. This church must now be prodigiously numerous, for before these additions, eight thousand had been added to the hundred and twenty; such success the Gospel had, and such progress it made in the hands of such mean and contemptible persons, notwithstanding the opposition of the chief men of the nation to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And believers - This is the name by which Christians were designated, because one of the main things that distinguished them was that they “believed” that Jesus was the Christ. It is also an incidental proof that none should join themselves to the church who are not “believers”; that is, who do not profess to be Christians in heart and in life.

Were the more added - The effect of all these things was to increase the number of converts. Their persecutions, their preaching, and the judgment of God, “all” tended to impress the minds of the people, and to lead them to the Lord Jesus Christ. Compare Acts 4:4. Though the judgment of God had the effect of deterring hypocrites from entering the church - though it produced awe and caution, yet still the number of true converts was increased. An effort to keep the church pure by wholesome discipline, and by cutting off unworthy members, however rich or honored, so far from weakening its true strength, has a tendency greatly to increase its numbers as well as its purity. People will not seek to enter a corrupt church, or regard it as worth any effort to be connected with a society that does not endeavor to be pure.

Multitudes - Compare Acts 4:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:14. And believers were the more added to the Lord — Believers:

1. Those who credited the Divine mission of Christ.

2. That he was the Messiah.

3. That he died for their sins.

4. That he rose again.

5. That he ascended into heaven.

6. That he sent down the gift of the Holy Spirit.

7. That he ever appeared in the presence of God for them.

8. That it was he who gives repentance and remission of sins. And,

9. He by whom the world is to be judged.

These were simple articles, of the truth of which they had the fullest evidence.