Acts 5:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

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  • Acts 2:47 : 47 praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
  • Acts 8:12 : 12 But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
  • Acts 9:35 : 35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
  • Acts 9:42 : 42 This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
  • Acts 22:4 : 4 I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,
  • 1 Cor 11:11-12 : 11 In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
  • Exod 35:22 : 22 They came, men and women alike, all who had willing hearts. They brought brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry, and everyone came who waved a wave offering of gold to the LORD.
  • Deut 29:11-12 : 11 your infants, your wives, and the resident foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water– 12 so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.
  • Deut 31:11-12 : 11 when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing. 12 Gather the people– men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages– so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the LORD your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.
  • 2 Sam 6:19 : 19 He then handed out to each member of the entire assembly of Israel, both men and women, a portion of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home.
  • Ezra 10:1 : 1 The People Confess Their Sins While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites– men, women, and children alike– gathered around him. The people wept loudly.
  • Neh 8:2 : 2 So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard.(This happened on the first day of the seventh month.)
  • Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children. 4 They will sprout up like a tree in the grass, like poplars beside channels of water. 5 One will say,‘I belong to the LORD,’ and another will use the name‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand,‘The LORD’s,’ and use the name‘Israel.’”
  • Isa 45:24 : 24 they will say about me,“Yes, the LORD is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.
  • Isa 55:11-13 : 11 In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.” 12 Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands. 13 Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the LORD, a permanent reminder that will remain.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 5:11-13
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    11 Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

    12 The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

    13 None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.

  • Acts 5:15-16
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    15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

    16 A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

  • Acts 2:46-47
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    46 Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,

    47 praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

  • 4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

  • 42 This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

  • 21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 6:6-7
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    6 They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

    7 The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

  • 4 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.

  • Acts 2:41-44
    4 verses
    71%

    41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

    42 The Fellowship of the Early Believers They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

    43 Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles.

    44 All who believed were together and held everything in common,

  • 5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day.

  • 24 because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

  • Acts 1:14-15
    2 verses
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    14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

    15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

  • Acts 14:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

    4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

  • 12 Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

  • 15 But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

  • 12 But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

  • Acts 4:31-34
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    31 When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

    32 Conditions Among the Early Believers 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.

    33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

    34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

  • 1 Paul and Barnabas at Iconium 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.

  • 31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

  • 35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

  • 14 Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

  • 11 Peter Addresses the Crowd While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

  • 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

  • 20 They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]

  • 33 The whole town gathered by the door.

  • 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

  • 24 But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

  • 2 So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

  • 18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

  • 4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

  • 14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

  • 20 In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

  • 13 When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

  • 18 Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.

  • 30 Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

  • 27 Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.