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Acts 11:21

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

KJV

καὶ ἦν χεὶρ κυρίου μετ’ αὐτῶν, πολύς τε ἀριθμὸς ὁ πιστεύσας ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον.

Greek NT

Et erat manus Domini cum eis : multusque numerus credentium conversus est ad Dominum.

Vulgate

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number that believed turned unto the Lord.

ASV

And the hand of he Lord was with them: and a great number believing, were converted to the Lord.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἀριθμός
arithmos
noun · 18×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιστρέφω
epistrepho
verb · 36×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ὁ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ
  • SBLGNT
  • Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. The Prophet said to the Jews, You had the countenance of a harlot, thou were shameless towards all men. Jeremiah 3:3, Septuagint Now it seems fitting to use this expression not only against that city, but against all who shamelessly set their faces against the truth. For when Philip said to Christ, Show us the Father, He replied, Have I been so long time with you, and have y…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
  • 1Thess 1:5 — For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
  • 1Thess 1:5 — For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
  • 2Kgs 3:15 — But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
  • Acts 2:47 — Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 5:14 — And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
  • Acts 6:7 — And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
  • Acts 9:35 — And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
  • Acts 9:35 — And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
  • Acts 9:42 — And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
  • Acts 11:24 — For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
  • Acts 12:24 — But the word of God grew and multiplied.
  • Acts 14:1 — And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
  • Acts 16:14 — And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
  • Exod 3:12 — And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
  • Isa 59:1 — Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
  • Judg 6:16 — And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
  • Luke 1:66 — And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Luke 1:66 — And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.