Acts 16:5 - Exposition

So for and so, A.V.; the Churches were strengthened for were the Churches established, A.V. In number; i.e. in the number of their members (comp. Acts 2:47 ; Acts 5:14 ; Acts 6:7 ; Acts 11:21 ). For the phrase, ἐστερεοῦντο τῇ πίστει , "They were made firm in the faith," comp. Colossians 2:5 , τὸ στερέωμα τῆς εἰς χριστὸν πίστεως ὑμῶν , "The steadfastness of your faith." The word is used in its physical sense in Acts 3:7 , ἐστερεώθησαν αὐτοῦ αἱ βάσεις κ . τ . λ ., " His feet and anklebones received strength," became fast and firm instead of being loose and vacillating.