In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty)

He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.”

Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

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

But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.

Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.

The Choosing of the Seven

In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

“As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

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

He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

In Iconium

At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

The Return to Antioch in Syria

They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.

A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.

And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.

Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.

After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: “I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defense.

They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. He witnessed to them from morning till evening, explaining about the kingdom of God, and from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets he tried to persuade them about Jesus.