Acts 11:21 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

Acts 11:21 Cross References

XREF:

Luke 1:66 All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, "What then will this child turn out to be?" For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.

Acts 2:47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

11:20,21 Cyrene. A great Grecian city of North Africa, with a large Jewish population. These preachers were Jews from Cyprus and Cyrene who had been converted at Jerusalem.
Spoke to the Grecians. Greeks in the Revised Version. The preachers were Grecians, i.e. Hellenistic Jews (foreign Jews), but those to whom they spoke were Greeks, Gentiles, not of Jewish blood at all, I suppose devout Greeks who had turned from idols to seek the purer worship of Jehovah (see PNT Ac 10:2). These preachers, without knowledge of the call of the Gentiles, led by the spirit of Christ, preached the gospel to these Gentile seekers for light, with the result that a great multitude believed and turned to the Lord.

WES:

11:21 And the hand of the Lord - That is, the power of his Spirit.

MHC:

11:19-24 The first preachers of the gospel at Antioch, were dispersed from Jerusalem by persecution; thus what was meant to hurt the church, was made to work for its good. The wrath of man is made to praise God. What should the ministers of Christ preach, but Christ? Christ, and him crucified? Christ, and him glorified? And their preaching was accompanied with the Divine power. The hand of the Lord was with them, to bring that home to the hearts and consciences of men, which they could but speak to the outward ear. They believed; they were convinced of the truth of the gospel. They turned from a careless, carnal way of living, to live a holy, heavenly, spiritual life. They turned from worshipping God in show and ceremony, to worship him in the Spirit and in truth. They turned to the Lord Jesus, and he became all in all with them. This was the work of conversion wrought upon them, and it must be wrought upon every one of us. It was the fruit of their faith; all who sincerely believe, will turn to the Lord, When the Lord Jesus is preached in simplicity, and according to the Scriptures, he will give success; and when sinners are thus brought to the Lord, really good men, who are full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, will admire and rejoice in the grace of God bestowed on them. Barnabas was full of faith; full of the grace of faith, and full of the fruits of the faith that works by love.

CONC:

Believed Faith Large Lord's Power Turn Vast

Believed Faith Great Hand Large Power Turn Turned Vast

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