Acts 6:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And the worde of God increased, and the nombre of the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem. And there were many prestes also obedient vnto the fayth.

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  • Acts 12:24 : 24 But the worde of God grewe, and multiplyed.
  • Acts 19:20 : 20 So mightely grewe ye worde of the LORDE, and preuayled.
  • Col 1:6 : 6 which is come vnto you, eue as it is into all the worlde: and is frutefull, as it is in you, sence ye daye yt ye herde and knewe the grace of God in ye trueth,
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostelshippe amonge all Heythen, to set vp the obedience of faith vnder his name,
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is opened, & shewed by the scriptures of ye prophetes, at the comaundemet of the euerlastinge God, to set vp ye obediece of the faith amonge all Heythen:
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 where in I suffre as an euell doer euen vnto bandes: but the worde of God is not bounde.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And he beynge made perfecte, became the cause of euerlastinge saluacio, vnto all the yt obeye him,
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham (wha he was called) obeyed, to go out in to the place, which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he wente out, not knowynge whither he shulde go.
  • Acts 21:20 : 20 Whan they herde that, they praysed the LORDE, and sayde vnto him: Brother, thou seyst how many thousande Iewes there are which beleue, and are all Zelous ouer ye lawe.
  • Acts 13:8 : 8 Then the Sorcerer Elimas (for so was his name by interpretacion) withstode the, and soughte to turne awaye the ruler fro the faith.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthinge the soules of ye disciples, and exortinge the to cotynue in the faith: and that we thorow moch tribulacion must entre in to the kyngdome of God.
  • 2 Chr 29:34 : 34 But the prestes were to fewe, and coulde not pluck of the skynnes of all the burnt offerynges, therfore toke they their brethren the Leuites, tyll the worke was fynished, and tyll the prestes were halowed (for the Leuites are easier to be halowed then the prestes)
  • 2 Chr 30:24 : 24 for Ezechias the kinge of Iuda gaue an Heueofferynge for the cogregacion, euen a thousande bullockes, and seuen thousande shepe. But the rulers gaue an Heueoffering for ye congregacion, euen a thousande bullockes, and ten thousande shepe. And many of the prestes sanctified them selues.
  • Ps 132:9 : 9 Let thy prestes be clothed with rightuousnesse, and let thy sayntes reioyse.
  • Ps 132:16 : 16 I will blesse hir vytales wt increase, & wil satisfie hir poore with bred.
  • Matt 19:30 : 30 But many that be the first, shalbe the last: and the last shalbe the first.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 And Symeon blessed them, and sayde vnto Mary his mother: Beholde, this (childe) shalbe set to a fall, and to an vprysinge agayne of many in Israel, and for a token, which shalbe spoke agaynst.
  • John 12:42 : 42 Neuertheles many of the chefe rulers beleued on him, but because of the Pharises they wolde not be aknowne of it, lest they shulde be excommunicate,
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 and with flammynge fyre, to geue vengeauce vnto them that knowe not God, and to them that obeye not the Gospell of oure LORDE Iesus Christ.

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  • Acts 6:8-9
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    8Steuen full of faith and power, dyd wonders and greate tokens amonge the people.

    9Then arose there certayne of the synagoge, which is called (the synagoge) of ye Libertynes, & of the Cyrenites, and of the Alexadrines, and of the yt were of Celicia and Asia, & disputed with Steue,

  • 5The were the congregacions stablyshed in the faith, and increased in nombre daylie.

  • 24But the worde of God grewe, and multiplyed.

  • Acts 5:11-14
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    11And there came a greate feare ouer the whole congregacion, and ouer all the that herde it.

    12Many tokens and wonders were done amonge the people by the hades of the Apostles (and they were all together with one acorde in Salomons porche:

    13but of other there durst no man ioyne him self vnto the, neuertheles the people helde moch of them.

    14The multitude of the men and women that beleued in the LORDE, grewe more and more)

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    21And ye hande of the LORDE was with the. And a greate nombre beleued, and turned vnto the LORDE.

    22This tydinges of them came to ye eares of the cogregacion at Ierusalem. And they sent Barnabas, that he shulde go vnto Antioche.

  • 20So mightely grewe ye worde of the LORDE, and preuayled.

  • Acts 6:4-6
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    4But we wil geue oure selues vnto prayer, and to the mynistracion of the worde of God.

    5And the sayenge pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Steuen, a man full of fayth and of the holy goost, and Philippe, and Procorus, and Nicanor, and Thimon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas the Proselite of Antioche.

    6These they set before ye Apostles, and they prayed, and layed their handes vpon them.

  • Acts 4:4-6
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    4Howbeit many of the which herde the worde, beleued, and the nombre of ye men was aboute fyue thousande.

    5And it chaunced on ye morow, that their rulers and Elders and scrybes

    6(as Annas ye hye prest and Caiphas, and Ihon & Alexander, and as many as were of the hye prestes kynred) gathered them selues together at Ierusalem,

  • Acts 2:46-47
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    46And they contynued daylie with one acorde in the teple, and brake bred in euery house: they toke their meate with ioye & synglenesse of hert,

    47praysinge God, and had fauoure with all ye people. And the LORDE added to the congregacion daylie soch as shulde be saued.

  • Acts 6:1-2
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    1In those dayes whan the nombre of the disciples increased, there arose a grudge amoge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues, because their wyddowes were not loked vpon in the daylie handreachinge.

    2Then the twolue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayde: It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God, and to serue at the tables.

  • 1Saul had pleasure in his death. At ye same tyme there was a greate persecucion ouer the congregacion at Ierusale. And they were all scatered abrode in the regions of Iewrye & Samaria, excepte the Apostles.

  • Acts 2:41-43
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    41They that gladly receaued his preachinge, were baptysed, & the same daye there were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules.

    42They contynued in the Apostles doctryne, and in the felashippe, and in breakynge of bred, and in prayer.

    43And feare came vpo euery soule, and many wonders and tokens were done by ye Apostles.

  • Acts 14:3-4
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    3So they had their beynge there a loge season, and quyte them selues boldly in the LORDE, which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace, and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes.

    4Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded, some helde wt the Iewes, and some with the Apostles.

  • 15And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes amonge the disciples, and sayde: (The company of the names together, was aboute an hundreth and twentye.)

  • 31So the congregacions had rest thorow out all Iewry, and Galile, and Samaria, & were edified, and walked in the feare of the LORDE, and were fylled with the comforte of the holy goost.

  • Acts 4:32-33
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    32The multitude of them that beleued, were of one hert and of one soule. Also none of them sayde of his goodes, that they were his awne, but had all thinges comen.

    33And with greate power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurreccion of the LORDE Iesu, and greate grace was with them all.

  • 1It fortuned at Iconium, that they wete both together in to the synagoge of the Iewes, and spake so, that a greate multitude of the Iewes & of the Grekes beleued.

  • 20Whan they herde that, they praysed the LORDE, and sayde vnto him: Brother, thou seyst how many thousande Iewes there are which beleue, and are all Zelous ouer ye lawe.

  • 14Whan the Apostles which were at Ierusalem, herde, that Samaria had receaued ye worde of God, they sent vnto the Peter and Ihon.

  • 5And the Apostles sayde vnto ye LORDE: Increace oure faith.

  • 42And it was knowne thorow out all Ioppa, & many beleued on ye LORDE.

  • 4Whan they came to Ierusale, they were receaued of ye cogregacion, & of the Apostles, and of the Elders, & they tolde how greate thinges God had done with the.

  • 1The Apostles and the brethren that were in Iewrye, herde saye, that the Heythen also had receaued the worde of God.

  • 24Whan the hye prest, and the rulers of the temple and the other hye prestes herde these wordes, they douted of them, whervnto this wolde growe.

  • 29But Peter and the Apostles answered, and sayde: We ought more to obeye God then men.

  • 12And they moued the people, and the Elders and the scrybes, and came vpon him, & caught him,

  • 44On ye Sabbath folowinge, came almost the whole cite together, to heare the worde of God.

  • 4And some of the beleued, and were ioyned vnto Paul and Sylas, a greate multitude also of the deuoute Grekes, and of the chefe wemen not a fewe.

  • 24For he was a good man, full of the holy goost and faith. And there was a greate multitude of people added vnto the LORDE.

  • 6And the people gaue hede with one acorde vnto ye thinges that Philip spake, hearinge him, and seynge the tokes that he dyd.

  • 5There were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes, men that feared God, out of euery nacion that is vnder heauen.

  • 27And whan they had brought them, they set the before the councell. And the hye prest axed them,

  • 1But as they spake to ye people, there came vnto the the prestes and the rulers of the teple, and the Saduces,

  • 6But the Apostles and Elders came together, to reason vpon this matter.

  • 21Whan they herde that, they entred in to the temple early in the mornynge: and taught.But the hye prest came, and they yt were with him, and called the councell together, & all ye Elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the preson to fet them.