The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him, and the obedience of the peoples is his.
Acts 4:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But many of those who heard the word believed, and they numbered 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. |
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him, and the obedience of the peoples is his.
Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; all who were incensed against him shall come to him and be ashamed.
Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out himself to death and was numbered with the transgressors, yet he bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit.
So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
Some were convinced by what he had said, while others refused to believe.