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7. ηὔξανεν, increased, i.e. the word of God was more widely published now that the Apostles were freed from secular cares, and left to give themselves unto the ministry of the word. (Cf. for the expression Act 12:24, Act 19:20.)
πολύς τε ὄχλος τῶν ἱερέων, a great company of the priests. To these men the sacrifice would be greater than to the ordinary Israelite, for they would experience the fullest weight of the hatred against the Christians, and would lose their status and support, as well as their friends. This is no doubt the reason why such special mention is made of them.
ὑπήκουον τῇ πίστει, became obedient to the faith. As faith in Christ was the first demand made on those who desired to enter the new communion, it is easy to understand how the Christian religion gained from the first the name of ‘the Faith.’ Cf. Act 13:8, Act 14:22, Act 16:5, Act 24:24.