Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.