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And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Acts 5:14 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
  • BSB Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
  • NKJV And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
  • NASB And increasingly believers in the Lord, large numbers of men and women, were being added to their number,
  • NLT Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord—crowds of both men and women.

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Quick answer

Despite the awe, multitudes of men and women believe and are added to the Lord. The church grows precisely as it remains holy.

Overview

Far from hindering growth, the church's reverent integrity accompanies its expansion. The phrase 'added to the Lord' shows that converts are joined first to Christ Himself, not merely to a movement. The explicit mention of both men and women reflects the gospel's reach across all people.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Acts 2:47Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
  • Acts 4:4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
  • Isa 55:11–13So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
  • Acts 9:42And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
  • Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
  • Acts 6:7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
  • Acts 9:31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
  • Acts 9:35And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
  • Ezra 10:1Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
  • 2 Sam 6:19And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
  • Deut 31:11–12When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
  • Exod 35:22And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
  • Acts 8:3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
  • Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Deut 29:11–12Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
  • Isa 45:24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
  • Acts 22:4And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
  • Neh 8:2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
  • Isa 44:3–5For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
  • Acts 9:2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
  • Acts 8:12But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
  • 1 Cor 11:11–12Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

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Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

How Acts 5:14 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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