Acts 19:7

Acts 19:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the men were about twelve.
• New International Version (NIV)There were about twelve men in all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There were about twelve men in all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the men were about twelve in all.

Context of Acts 19:7

5And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus. 6And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve. 8And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God. 9But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Acts 19:7 word by word

ἦσαν δὲ οἱ πάντες ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ δώδεκα.¶Read the interlinear

• menἀνήρanēr · manG435
• wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427

Commentaries on Acts 19:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And all the men - The whole number.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7Paul traveled to Ephesus after Apollos had left. Later, Apollos returned to Ephesus while Paul was still there (1 Corinthians 16:12). The two men had different personalities, gifts, and roles, but God worked through both of them. Some Christians in Ephesus did not fully understand the Christian faith (Acts 18:26). They did not receive the Holy Spirit when they believed the good news about Jesus. They had accepted John's baptism, which called for…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. When they heard this--not the mere words reported in Ac 19:4, but the subject expounded according to the tenor of those words. they were baptized--not however by Paul himself (1Co 1:14). in the name of the Lord Jesus--into the whole fulness of the new economy, as now opened up to their believing minds.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings