Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

The number

Acts 2:41
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
Isaiah 45:24
They will say of me, 'There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.'" Even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
John 12:24
Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

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Jeremiah 26:7
The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahweh.