ACTS 11:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.”
The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.—the 'Lord's hand' (cheir kyriou, 'the hand of the Lord') is Old Testament language for God's active, powerful intervention. The great number ('hikanos arithmos') suggests movement, not isolated conversions; Antioch becomes a converting community. 'Turned to the Lord' (epistrephō pros ton kyrion) is repentance-language; the Greek world is turning toward Jesus.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:21
But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke unto the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus: Acts 11:20 for it is likely both that they could now speak Greek, and that there were such men in Antioch. And the hand of the Lord, it says, was with them, that is, they wrought miracles; and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. Acts 11:21 Do you mark why now also there was heed of miracles (namely) that they might believe?
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