Act 11:21
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
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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.
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
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.
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
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.
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which {appertained} to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
To open their eyes, {and} to turn {them} from darkness to light, and {from} the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for {this} good {work}.
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
For upon 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 upon him. {began...: Heb. was the foundation of the going up}
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? {report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?}
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
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.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of {his} good pleasure.
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;
And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
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.
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
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.
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.
But the word of God grew and multiplied.
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.
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,