Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
4. And many of them which heard The apostles are put in prison, but the force of their preaching is spread far and wide, and the course thereof is at liberty. Of which thing Paul boasteth very much, that the Word of God is not bound with him, (2 Timothy 2:9.) And here we see that Satan and the wicked have liberty granted them to...
Satan's agents will be spiteful; therefore Christ's servants must be resolute. Peter and John spoke openly to all, teaching the resurrection through Jesus Christ as the way to the happiness of the future state, and many believed, about five thousand, because the Spirit enabled both preachers and people to do their part.
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Commenting on Acts 4:1-4
Howbeit, many of them which heard the word,.... The doctrine of the Gospel, preached by Peter and John: believed; the report of it, and in Christ, as risen from the dead, which was the sum and substance of it: and this they did, notwithstanding the opposition made by the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducces, and the violence they used to the...