Discovery BoxActs 2:47 
Context2:47 praising God and having the good will 1 of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day 2 those who were being saved.
Acts 4:4
Context4:4 But many of those who had listened to 3 the message 4 believed, and the number of the men 5 came to about five thousand.
Acts 6:7
Context6:7 The word of God continued to spread, 6 the number of disciples in Jerusalem 7 increased greatly, and a large group 8 of priests became obedient to the faith.
Acts 7:17
Context7:17 “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, 9 the people increased greatly in number 10 in Egypt,
Acts 11:24
Context11:24 because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people 11 were brought to the Lord.
1 tn Or “the favor.”
2 tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.
3 tn Or “had heard.”
4 tn Or “word.”
5 tn In the historical setting it is likely that only men are referred to here. The Greek term ἀνήρ (anhr) usually refers to males or husbands rather than people in general. Thus to translate “of the people” would give a false impression of the number, since any women and children were apparently not included in the count.
6 tn Grk “kept on spreading”; the verb has been translated as a progressive imperfect.
7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
8 tn Grk “a great multitude.”
sn A large group. Many Jews, even some religious leaders, were responding.
9 tn Grk “But as the time for the fulfillment of the promise drew near that God had declared to Abraham.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to improve English style. See vv. 6-7 above.
10 tn Grk “the people increased and multiplied.”
11 tn Grk “a significant crowd.”
