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Acts 6:7 KJV
Acts · chapter 6 · verse 7
And 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 6:7 · King James Version
Acts 6:7 in context
5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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.
8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
9Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
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Key words (Strong's)
- multipliedplēthynōto increase, to multiply, to be increased, multiply, to be increased, to multiplyG4129 →
- increasedauxanōto cause to grow, augment, to increase, become greater, to grow, increase, of plants, of…G837 →
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- JerusalemierousalēmJerusalem = " set ye double peace" , denotes either the city itself or the…G2419 →
- greatlysphodraexceedingly, greatlyG4970 →
- companyochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
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Having seen the church's struggles with her enemies, and triumphed with her in her victories, we now come to take a view of the administration of her affairs at home; and here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7