Acts 5:39, Acts 6:7, Acts 11:21, Acts 19:20, Proverbs 28:28, Isaiah 41:10-1 Chronicles :, Isaiah 54:14-Esther :, Isaiah 55:10, Daniel 2:24, Daniel 2:44, Matthew 16:18, Colossians 1:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Reciprocal: Exodus 2:23 - the king Psalms 40:14 - driven Proverbs 22:12 - eyes Matthew 2:15 - until Acts 9:31 - were multiplied Acts 13:49 - was Acts 16:5 - increased read more
PART SECOND. THE CHURCH IN TRANSITION FROM JEWS TO GENTILES, Acts 8:5 to Acts 12:25. Through this Second Part of his history Luke traces in perfectly regular progress the successive steps by which Christianity emerges from her Jewish trammels into a free and universal Church. The Samaritans are first evangelized, and the eunuch is the first apostle to Africa. The Gentile apostle is next converted and put in preparation for his work. Peter, emerging from Jerusalem, is taught by the case of... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 12:24
24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. Ver. 24. But the word of God ] The Church is invincible; and truth may be oppressed a while, but not utterly suppressed. The Israelites never increased so as when Pharaoh kept them under. Fish thrive best in salt waters. The ground that is most harrowed is most fruitful. Camomile, the more you tread it the more you spread it, and the palm tree’s posy is, Nec premor nec perimor. Neither overwhelmed nor destroyed. All the power of the empire could... read more