And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
Luke setteth forth again the increasing of the Church, to the end he may the better declare the power of God and his grace in the continual going forward thereof. This was an excellent work of God that the Church should suddenly, and, as it were, in a moment, be raised up; but this is worthy no less admiration, in that he furthereth that work...
The church multiplied into thousands while her enemies gnashed their teeth, yet growth itself became the soil where discord took root. When the Grecian widows were slighted in the daily relief, a murmuring broke out, secret but corrosive, proving that numbers do not guarantee unity. Such heart-burning among brethren, if left unhealed, will poison what persecution could not destroy.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 6:1-7
And the word of God increased,.... This stratagem of Satan did not succeed to divide the church, but issued in the better decorum and discipline of it, and in the spread and success of the Gospel; God thus making all things to work together for good; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; where Christ was crucified, the apostles were scourged, and...