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Acts 5:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

14 And more and more believers in the Lord, both men and women, were [being] added to the [people of the] Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

14 More and more there were being added to the Lord those who believed [those who acknowledged Jesus as their Savior and devoted themselves to Him joined and gathered with them], crowds both of men and of women,

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American Standard Version (1901)

14 and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women:

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Common English Bible

14 Indeed, more and more believers in the Lord, large numbers of both men and women, were added to the church.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

14 Now the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord was ever increasing,

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

14 And the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord, was more increased:

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Acts 5:14
24 Cross References  

[Now] Barnabas was a good man who was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith [in the Lord], and many people were added to the [church of the] Lord.


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].


And I persecuted this ‘Way’ [even to the point of] putting people to death. [I had] both men and women bound [in chains] and locked up in prisons.


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.


So, the message of God increased [in its influence] and the disciples multiplied in number greatly in Jerusalem, [so that even] a large number of [Jewish] priests became obedient to [the message of] the faith.


When people believed the good news about God’s kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, which Philip was preaching, both men and women were immersed [in water].


But Saul brought devastation to the church by entering everyone’s house and dragging men and women off to jail.


to ask for letters [authorizing him to go] to Damascus and to enter [Jewish] synagogues looking for people of “the Way” [Note: This was a designation for Christians at that time]. And if he found any, whether men or women, he would tie them up and take them to Jerusalem.


So, the church throughout all of Judea, Galilee and Samaria was multiplied in number, enjoyed peace, was built up [spiritually] and lived in awe of the Lord and was comforted by the Holy Spirit.


When everyone who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him [i.e., that the man was healed], they turned [their lives over] to the Lord.


And this [miracle] became known throughout all of Joppa and many people believed in [Jesus as] the Lord.


And what harmony can Christ have with Belial? [Note: “Belial” means “worthlessness” and was used for referring to the devil]. Or, what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?


[In this relationship] there is to be no [distinction between] Jews or Greeks [i.e., Gentiles], slaves or free persons, men or women; for all of you are united into one [body] because of your relationship with Christ Jesus.


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