Acts 4:4

Acts 4:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
• New International Version (NIV)But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now totaled about 5,000.

Context of Acts 4:4

2being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. 5And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes, 6as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

Acts 4:4 word by word

πολλοὶ δὲ τῶν ἀκουσάντων τὸν λόγον ἐπίστευσαν· καὶ ἐγενήθη ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἀνδρῶν χιλιάδες πέντε.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Howbeitδέde · thenG1161
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• of them which heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the numberἀριθμόςarithmos · numberG706
• of the menἀνήρanēr · manG435
• wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• aboutὡσείhōsei · like/as/aboutG5616
• fiveπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• thousandχιλιάςchilias · thousandG5505

Cross-references for Acts 4:4

• Acts 28:24And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
• 2 Corinthians 2:14Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
• Philippians 1:12But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel,
• 2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.
• Acts 2:41Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
• Isaiah 45:24He shall say, ‘Surely in the Lord I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him.
• Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
• John 12:24Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.

Commentaries on Acts 4:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The number - was about five thousand - That is, as I understand the passage, the one hundred and twenty which were converted before pentecost, the three thousand converted at pentecost, and one thousand eight hundred and eighty converted since the conversion of the three thousand; making in the whole five thousand, or ̔ about that number: there might have been more or less; the historian does not fix the number absolutely. A goodly flock in one city, as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Howbeit - But; notwithstanding. Many of them … - This was one of the instances, which has since been so often repeated, in which persecution is seen to have a tendency to extend and establish the faith which it was designed to destroy. It finally came to be a proverb that “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”; and there is no lesson which men have been so slow to learn as that to oppose and persecute men is the very way to confirm them in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4and the number of men grew to about five thousand: See study note on Matthew 14:21.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-12. the captain--of the Levitical guard. of the temple--annoyed at the disturbance created around it. and the Sadducees--who "say that there is no resurrection" (Ac 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 4:4

• Caiaphas
• Church
• Converts
• Faith
• Government
• Jesus Continued
• John
• Persecution
• Peter
• Revivals

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Acts 4

• 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