Theophylact of Ohrid, on Acts 6:7

“And the word of the Lord increased; and the number of the disciples was multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly: a great multitude also of the priests obeyed the faith.”

“"The number of the disciples was greatly multiplied in Jerusalem." He did not simply state this, but did so in such a way as to show how great is the power of almsgiving and of this institution of deacons.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.