“And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)”
Nevertheless, more and more believers were added to the Lord - crowds of both men and women - the 'more and more' (mallon de prosethento) shows growth despite the fear, even because of the fear. The phrase 'added to the Lord' (prosthithēmi tō kyriō) is unique in Acts, emphasizing that growth is not organizational but personal—incorporation into the Lord's body. The explicit mention of women marks a social revolution in a patriarchal context.
Church Fathers on Acts 5:14
the more added unto the Lord, believers, multitudes both of men and of women, insomuch that they brought out into the streets their impotent folk, and laid them upon couches and beds, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. Acts 5:12-15 For Peter was the wonderful one, and he to whom they more gave heed both because of his public harangue, the first and the second and the third, and because of the miracle; for he it was that wrought the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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