He said much more besides in giving his testimony, and urged them to save themselves from that crooked age.

Yet I know, brothers, that you did not know what you were doing, any more than your leaders did;

for the man on whom this wonder of healing had been done was more than forty years old.

As the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise God had made to Abraham, the people became more and more numerous in Egypt,

When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord hurried Philip away, and the eunuch saw nothing more of him. Full of joy, he went on with his journey,

But Saul grew more and more powerful, and bewildered the Jews who lived in Damascus by his proofs that Jesus was the Christ.

The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true.

He spoke very confidently in the synagogue at first, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the Way of God to him more correctly.

When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet, and he said,

There were more than forty of them involved in this plot,

Now you and the council must suggest to the colonel that he should have Paul brought down to you, as you mean to look into his case more carefully, and we will be ready to kill him before he gets down."

But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, and they have taken an oath not to eat or drink till they have killed him. They are all ready now, and are only waiting to get your promise."

for it is not more than twelve days ago, as you can easily satisfy yourself, that I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

But the officer was more influenced by the pilot and the captain than by what Paul had to say,