Acts 4:4 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 4:4

Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

KJV

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ASV

But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

WEB

But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

YLT

and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.

DBT

But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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33 verses on the floor

John 14:12
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Acts 2:41
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
John 17:20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
2 Corinthians 2:14–17
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2 Timothy 2:9–10
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

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the captain--of the Levitical guard. of the temple--annoyed at the disturbance created around it. and the Sadducees--who "say that there is no resurrection" (Ac 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

With them was joined the captain of the temple, who, it is supposed, was a Roman officer, governor of the garrison placed in the tower of Antonia, for the guard of the temple: so that still here were both Jews and Gentiles confederate against Christ.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the number of the men--or males, exclusive of women; though the word sometimes includes both. about five thousand--and this in Jerusalem, where the means of detecting the imposture or crushing the fanaticism, if such it had been, were within everyone's reach, and where there was every inducement to sift it to the bottom.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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