Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat drops into the soil and dies, it remains a single grain, but if it dies, [then] it will produce many grains.
Acts 4:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But many of the people who heard the message [of God] believed [in Jesus] and the number of men [alone] came to be about five thousand. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But many of those who heard the message believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus as the Christ). And their number grew and came to about 5,000. American Standard Version (1901) But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. Common English Bible Many who heard the word became believers, and their number grew to about five thousand. Catholic Public Domain Version But many of those who had heard the word believed. And the number of men became five thousand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But many of them who had heard the word, believed; and the number of the men was made five thousand. |
Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat drops into the soil and dies, it remains a single grain, but if it dies, [then] it will produce many grains.
Then those who responded [by faith] to the words [spoken by Peter and the apostles] were immersed, and about three thousand persons were added to them [i.e., the apostles] on that day.
praising God and enjoying favor with all the people [of the area]. And every day the Lord added to their number [i.e., to the church] those who were being saved [i.e., upon their obedience to the Gospel].