Acts 11:21
New International Version
The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

New Living Translation
The power of the Lord was with them, and a large number of these Gentiles believed and turned to the Lord.

English Standard Version
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

Berean Standard Bible
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Berean Literal Bible
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number, having believed, turned to the Lord.

King James Bible
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

New King James Version
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

New American Standard Bible
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

NASB 1995
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

NASB 1977
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

Amplified Bible
And the hand (the power and presence) of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord [for salvation, accepting and drawing near to Jesus as Messiah and Savior].

Christian Standard Bible
The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Lord’s hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

American Standard Version
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number that believed turned unto the Lord.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the hand of THE LORD JEHOVAH was with them, and many believed and were turned to THE LORD JEHOVAH.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord's power was with them, and many people turned to the Lord and put their faith in him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believing, were converted to the Lord.

English Revised Version
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number that believed turned unto the Lord.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The Lord's power was with his followers, and a large number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Good News Translation
The Lord's power was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

International Standard Version
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Literal Standard Version
and the hand of the LORD was with them, a great number also, having believed, turned to the LORD.

Majority Standard Bible
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

New American Bible
The hand of the Lord was with them and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

NET Bible
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

New Revised Standard Version
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord.

New Heart English Bible
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord.

Weymouth New Testament
The power of the Lord was with them, and there were a vast number who believed and turned to the Lord.

World English Bible
The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

Young's Literal Translation
and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Church at Antioch
20But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord. 22When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.…

Cross References
Luke 1:66
And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, "What then will this child become?" For the Lord's hand was with him.

Acts 2:47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Acts 9:35
and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

Acts 11:24
Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.


Treasury of Scripture

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord.

the hand.

2 Chronicles 30:12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

Ezra 7:9
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

Ezra 8:18
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

and a.

Acts 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

Acts 2:47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

Acts 4:4
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

turned.

Acts 9:35
And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

Acts 15:19
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

Acts 26:18-20
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me…

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Acts 11
1. Peter, being accused for preaching to the Gentiles,
5. makes his defense;
18. which is accepted.
19. The gospel being spread in Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
22. Barnabas is sent to confirm them.
26. The disciples are first called Christians at Antioch.
27. They send relief to the brothers in Judea in time of famine.














Verse 21. - That believed turned for believed and turned, A.V. and T.R. The hand of the Lord; i.e. his power working with them and through them. Compare the frequent phrase in the Old Testament, "with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm" (see too Acts 4:30; Luke 1:66).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[The] hand
χεὶρ (cheir)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5495: A hand.

of [the] Lord
Κυρίου (Kyriou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

with
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

them,
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
τε (te)
Conjunction
Strong's 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.

[a] great
πολύς (polys)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

number [of people]
ἀριθμὸς (arithmos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 706: A number, total. From airo; a number.

believed
πιστεύσας (pisteusas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

[and] turned
ἐπέστρεψεν (epestrepsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1994: From epi and strepho; to revert.

to
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lord.
Κύριον (Kyrion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.


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