And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord - `glorified God' is the much better attested reading. They were constrained to own the hand of God in his procedure, and justify his principles and his actings, notwithstanding the strong Jewish complexion of the church at Jerusalem.
And said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands, [posai ( G4214) muriades (G3461 )] - 'how many myriads;' a hyperbolical expression for an immense number, if meant of the converts of Jerusalem only, though if intended for those of Judea at large it was scarcely an exaggeration.
Of Jews - `among the Jews' [en (G1722) tois (G3588) Ioudaiois ( G2453)] is the true reading;
there are, which believe; and they are all zealous of (or 'zealots for') the law: