'Group' in the Bible
The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.
Not long ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about 400 men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his partisans were dispersed and came to nothing.
So the Twelve called the whole group of disciples together and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect messages from God in order to wait on tables.
This suggestion pleased the whole group. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.
So the preaching about God flourished, the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
As Peter talked with him, he entered [the house] and found a large group of people assembled.
Now Herod had been in a violent quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him as a group. After they had won over Blastus, who oversaw security for the king's sleeping quarters, they asked for a peace agreement because their country depended on the king's country for food.
The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.
The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter.
Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Arrange (23 instances)
- Assemble (88 instances)
- Batch (10 instances)
- Bunch (11 instances)
- Bundle (12 instances)
- Cluster (10 instances)
- Crowd (214 instances)
- Group (129 instances)