Acts 5:14

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Summary

Acts 5:14

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

Believers

Isaiah 55:11

Multitudes

General references

John 13:35

Bible References

Believers

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.

Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.

Multitudes

But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.

And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.

And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:

When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.

And he gave to every man and woman among all the people, among all the masses of Israel, a cake of bread and a measure of wine and a cake of dry grapes. Then all the people went away, every man to his house.

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

General references

By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.