Acts 12:24

12:24 But the word of God ¹  kept on increasing ²  and multiplying.

Acts 27:26

27:26 But we must ³  run aground on some island.”

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¹ sn A metonymy for the number of adherents to God’s word.

² tn Or “spreading.”

³ tn This is another use of δεῖ (dei) to indicate necessity (see also v. 24). Acts 28:1 shows the fulfillment of this.