Grew; the word of God is compared here to seed, as in our Saviour's parable, Matthew 13:19. Multiplied; the number of believers multiplied through the word, which was sown, as seed is scattered abroad. So true it is, that persecutors, by their pulling down of the church, do but build it up.
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Acts 12:24
24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.