Acts 11:21

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Luke 1:66 : 66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
  • Acts 9:35 : 35 All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
  • Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.
  • Acts 15:19 : 19 "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
  • Acts 26:18-20 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' 19 "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
  • 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
  • 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also on Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Yahweh.
  • Ezra 7:9 : 9 For on the first [day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
  • Ezra 8:18 : 18 According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
  • Neh 2:8 : 8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into." The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.
  • Neh 2:18 : 18 I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, "Let's rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
  • Isa 53:1 : 1 Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
  • Isa 59:1 : 1 Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it can't save; neither his ear heavy, that it can't hear:

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    22 The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,

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    42 And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

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    21 When they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

  • Acts 14:1
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    1 It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

  • Acts 5:14
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    14 More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

  • Acts 14:26-27
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    26 From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

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

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  • Acts 21:19-20
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    11 Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

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    7 The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

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    3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

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    4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

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    17 If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"

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    20 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.

  • Acts 15:3-4
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    6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

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    11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."

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    47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.