The hand of the Lord was with them (ην χειρ κυριου μετ' αυτων). This O.T. phrase (Exodus 9:3; Isaiah 59:1)…

And the hand of the Lord. See Barnes on Luke 1:66.

Compare Psalm 80:17. The meaning is that God showed them favor and demonstrated …

At Antioch, some of the Hellenistic Jewish Christians “began to speak to Greeks also.” Did Luke have in mind Gentiles who had no affiliation whatev…

The hand of the Lord was. Luke proves by the success that the gospel was offered to the Gentiles also by the brethren of Cyprus and Cyrene…

And the hand of the Lord was with them Not only his hand of providence, which brought them there, and protected them; and…

The first preachers of the gospel at Antioch were dispersed from Jerusalem by persecution; thus, what was meant to hurt the church was made to work…