Acts 11:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

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  • Acts 5:14 : 14 And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
  • Acts 11:21 : 21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.
  • Acts 6:5 : 5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
  • Acts 6:8 : 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 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.
  • Acts 6:3 : 3 Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
  • Rom 5:7 : 7 Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.
  • Rom 15:15 : 15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,
  • 2 Sam 18:27 : 27 And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.
  • Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.
  • Prov 14:14 : 14 He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
  • Matt 12:35 : 35 The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.
  • Matt 19:17 : 17 And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man
  • John 7:12 : 12 And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

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    21And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

    22And news of them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch:

    23Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

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    25Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

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  • Acts 9:27-28
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    27But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

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    47Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

  • Acts 9:42
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    42And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

  • Acts 5:13-14
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    13The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

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    24But the word of the Lord went on increasing.

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    9But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

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    27And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

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    2A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

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    5And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

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    7And 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.

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  • Acts 14:27
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    27And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

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    27And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

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    31And 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.

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    30Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

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    17If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

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    37Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.