Came (εγινετο). Imperfect middle, kept on coming.

Were done (εγινετο). Same tense. Awe kept on coming on a…

And fear came. That is, there was great reverence or awe. The multitude had just before derided them (Acts 2:13); but so strik…

Fear came upon every soul.—The Greek text shows a careful distinction of tenses. Fear—i.e., reverential awe—came speciall…

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continu…

And there came. He signifies to us that the outward manifestation and presence of the Church was such that it made others afraid who did n…

Ver. 43 And fear came upon every soul
Upon every inhabitant of Jerusalem, at least upon a great many of them; and up…

In these verses, we have the history of the truly primitive church, of its first days; this was indeed its state of infancy, yet, like infancy itse…