 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...they laid their hands on them. And the word of God increased ; and the number of the dis- .7 ciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly ; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. 130 Stephen arraigned AND StePhen> fuU of faith and power, did great won- 8 before the sanhe- ders... | |
 | John Stark Ravenscroft (bp. of North Carolina.) - 1830 - 642 pages
...works of the law given by Moses, to distinguish the Christian from the Jewish religion. Thus we read, the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem...company of the priests were obedient to the faith, that is, embraced the gospel. Again, a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of the law ; that... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1839 - 512 pages
...miraculous gifts were communicated by this act is evident from the 8th verse of this chapter, which says, " And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people." The design, therefore, of the laying on of hands seems to have been to confer miraculous gifts. At... | |
 | James Parsons - Sermons, English - 1830 - 554 pages
...and disseminating the principles of Christian truth, and augmenting the number of its adherents. " Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. Then there arose certain of the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pages
...Church, and that much piety still prevails ; but so it was before the overthrow of the Jewish polity : " the ' word of God increased ; and the number of the...company of the priests were obedient to the faith." (Acts vi, 7.) * It is remarkable, that whilst contending for a literal interpretation of these words,... | |
 | John Bowden - Episcopacy - 1831 - 354 pages
...229. y See CAVE'S Life of Ignatius, p. 101, women ;" and in the sixth, that " the word of GOD still increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied...company of the priests were obedient to the faith. In addition to all these successive accounts of the vast increase of believers, we are informed in... | |
 | Richard Burgess - 1832 - 356 pages
...administration of the resources contributed for the support of the needy; and it is said again, that the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples...company of the priests were obedient to the faith. It would not be too much to suppose from these 10 several intimations, that before the persecution... | |
 | William Cuninghame - Bible - 1832 - 698 pages
...before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans ; for we read on the one hand, in Acts vi. 7, that " the word of God increased, and the number " of the...Jerusalem greatly, and a great " company of the priests was obedient to the faith ;" and in chap. xxi. 20, " Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of " Jews... | |
 | Charles George Perceval (hon.) - 1832 - 322 pages
...Stephen appears to have possessed these wonderful gifts in a great degree : for it is written of him, Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people, and that the unbelievers were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. And what... | |
 | George Horne - Bible - 1833 - 438 pages
...the astonishing multiplication of citizens in the Christian church ; as it is written, Acts vi. 7. " And the word of God increased : and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly." So let it be, blessed Lord, wheresoever thy Gospel is preached throughout the world. " 17. His name... | |
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And the word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly ; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. 
