For, with a loud cry, foul spirits came out of many possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame persons were restored to health.

Saul, however, gained more and more influence, and as for the Jews living in Damascus, he bewildered them with his proofs that Jesus is the Christ.

And with many more appeals he solemnly warned and entreated them, saying, "Escape from this crooked generation."

and more and more believers in the Lord joined them, including great numbers both of men and women--

"But as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people became many times more numerous in Egypt,

and as for the disciples, they were more and more filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.