Grew and multiplied (ηυξανεν κα επληθυνετο). Imperfect active and passive. Cf. 6:1. The reaction from the death of James and the i…

But the word of God grew, etc. Great success attended it. The persecutions had now ceased; and notwithstanding all the attempts which had …

But the word of God grew and multiplied. The words describe a continuous expansion. The death of the chief persecutor pro…

Luke’s third panel on the Christian mi ion within the Jewish world ends with a summary statement comparable to the summaries that conclude the two …

And the word of God. Once the tyrant was taken out of the way, the Church was suddenly delivered, as it were, out of the jaws of the wolf.…

But the word of God grew and multiplied. The number of those who were converted by it, and embraced and professed it, inc…

Many pagan princes claimed and received divine honors, but it was far more horrible impiety in Herod, who knew the word and worship of the living G…