secundum Lucam 11:21

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Dixit ergo Martha ad Jesum : Domine, si fuisses hic, frater meus non fuisset mortuus :

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Et erat manus Domini cum eis: multusque numerus credentium conversus est ad Dominum.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Et erat manus Domini cum eis; multusque numerus credentium conversus est ad Dominum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the hand: 2 Chronicles 30:12, Ezra 7:9, Ezra 8:18, Nehemiah 2:8, Nehemiah 2:18, Isaiah 53:1, Isaiah 59:1, Luke 1:66

and a: Acts 11:24, Acts 2:47, Acts 4:4, Acts 5:14, Acts 6:7, 1 Corinthians 3:6, 1 Corinthians 3:7, 1 Thessalonians 1:5

turned: Acts 9:35, Acts 15:19, Acts 26:18-20, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 1:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:12 - Certainly Judges 6:16 - General 2 Kings 3:15 - the hand Ecclesiastes 11:6 - thou knowest Acts 3:19 - be Acts 9:42 - and many Acts 12:24 - General Acts 14:1 - that a Acts 16:5 - increased Acts 16:14 - whose 1 Corinthians 1:6 - was 2 Corinthians 6:7 - the power Philippians 2:13 - God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the hand of the Lord was with them,.... Not only his hand of providence, which brought them thither, and protected them; and his hand of love, grace and mercy, which was upon them, and supplied them with gifts and grace, and everything necessary for them; and his hand of wisdom, which guided and directed them; but his hand of power, the same with the arm of the Lord, which when revealed, and made bare, the report of the Gospel is believed: but if that is not put forth, or efficacious grace is not exerted, no work is done, none are brought to believe, or are converted; ministers labour in vain, and spend their strength for nought: but this was not the case here, it was otherwise with these preachers; though they had travelled many miles, and were come into strange places, they were not left of God, nor without success, the power of God attended their ministry; so that the Gospel preached by them came not in word only, but in power, and it was the power of God unto salvation: hence it follows,

and a great number believed; not the Gospel only, but in Christ preached in it, Acts 11:20 which was not owing to the force of moral persuasion in the ministers, nor to the power of free will in the people, but to the hand or power of the Lord; for the work of faith is not a work of man's will, but of God's almighty power and grace; and when that is displayed, multitudes believe in Christ for righteousness and life: and turned to the Lord; and obeyed his commands; see Psalms 119:59 as a fruit, effect, and consequence of believing in Christ; for not first conversion is here intended, which is not man's work, but God's, and in which God is the agent, and man is passive; but obedience to the ordinances of Christ, as the fruit of faith, is meant.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the hand of the Lord - See the notes on Luke 1:66. Compare Psalms 80:17. The meaning is, that God showed them favor, and evinced his power in the conversion of their hearers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 11:21. The hand of the Lord was with them — By the hand, arm, and, finger of God, in the Scripture, different displays or exertions of his power are intended. Here it means that the energy of God accompanied them, and applied their preaching to the souls of all attentive hearers. Without this accompanying influence, even an apostle could do no good; and can inferior men hope to be able to convince and convert sinners without this? Ministers of the word of God, so called, who dispute the necessity and deny the being of this influence, show thereby that they are intruders into God's heritage; that they are not sent by him, and shall not profit the people at all.

A great number believed — That Jesus was the Christ; and that he had died for their offenses, and risen again for their justification. Because the apostles preached the truth, and the hand of God was with them, therefore, a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord, becoming his disciples, and taking him for their portion.