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Acts 16:5 KJV
Acts · chapter 16 · verse 5
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.Acts 16:5 · King James Version
Acts 16:5 in context
3Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
4And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
5And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
7After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
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Key words (Strong's)
- establishedstereoōto make solid, make firm, strengthen, make strong, of the body of anyoneG4732 →
- increasedperisseuōto exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or…G4052 →
- churchesekklēsiaa gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly…G1577 →
- numberarithmosa fixed and definite number, an indefinite number, a multitudeG706 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- dailyhēmerathe day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as…G2250 →
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Paul was a spiritual father, and as such a one we have him here adopting Timothy, and taking care of the education of many others who had been begotten to Christ by his ministry: and in all he appears to have been a wise and tender father. Here is, I. His taking Timothy into his acquaintance and under his tuition.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5