Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed. For illustration of this delightful statement, Calvin refers to 2 Timothy 2:9 (where, by the way, a play upon the words bound and bonds will be observed), "Wherein I suffer trouble, even unto bonds х desmoon (G1199)], but the word of God is not bound" х dedetai (G1210)].
And the number of the men, х toon (G3588) androon (G435)] - meaning probably the males, exclusive of women; though the word sometimes includes both,
Was, х egeneethee (G1096)] - 'became,' or 'came to be' in all " about five thousand. "
About five thousand. And this in Jerusalem, where the means of deleting the imposture or crushing the fanaticism-if such it had been-were within everyone's reach, and where there was every inducement to sift it to the bottom. [Tischendorf excludes hoosei (G5616) from his text. Lachmann brackets it in the form of hoos (G5613); Alford is doubtful about it. But the evidence for it rather preponderates, and the historian would probably not give the number so definitely.]
Peter, Questioned about the Miracle, Courageously Testifies to Jesus (4:5-12)