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Acts 11:21

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And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
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  1. Acts 2:47Rank 1 from verse 21
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    47Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

  2. Luke 1:66Rank 2 from verse 21
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    66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

  3. Acts 5:14Rank 3 from verse 21
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    14And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

  4. 1 Corinthians 3:6–7Rank 4 from verse 21
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    6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

    7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 1:5Rank 5 from verse 21
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    5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

  6. Acts 6:7Rank 6 from verse 21
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    7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

  7. Acts 9:35Rank 7 from verse 21
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    35And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

  8. Isaiah 59:1Rank 8 from verse 21
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    1BEHOLD, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

  9. 1 Thessalonians 1:9–10Rank 9 from verse 21
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    9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

    10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

  10. 2 Chronicles 30:12Rank 10 from verse 21
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    12Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

  11. Acts 11:24Rank 11 from verse 21
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    24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

  12. Acts 26:18–20Rank 12 from verse 21
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    18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

    19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

    20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

  13. Acts 4:4Rank 13 from verse 21
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    4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

  14. Ezra 7:9Rank 14 from verse 21
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    9For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

  15. Ezra 8:18Rank 15 from verse 21
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    18And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

  16. Isaiah 53:1Rank 16 from verse 21
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    1WHO hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

  17. Nehemiah 2:18Rank 17 from verse 21
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    18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

  18. Nehemiah 2:8Rank 18 from verse 21
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    8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  19. Acts 15:19Rank 19 from verse 21
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    19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

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Acts 11:21

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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number

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Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

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believed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of believe. Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

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turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

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11:19¶ Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

11:20And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.

11:21And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

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