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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Acts 19:7
Description: Saturday, 29 July 2023
Now the men were about twelve in all. Acts 19:7
The previous verse noted what occurred after Paul baptized the disciples introduced in verse 19:1. He subsequently laid hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came upon them. When this occurred, they were speaking in tongues and prophesying. With that remembered, Luke provides detail about them as a group, saying, “Now the men were about twelve in all.”
It is a curious verse because the word “about” leaves one to wonder. How simple it would be to just say, “there were el...