Acts 6:7

And the word of God increased The matter of the complaint, and other hinderances being thus removed, and the apostles more entirely at leisure to attend to the great and peculiar duties of their office, the success of the word increased, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was, σφοδρα, very much augmented; and a great company Greek, πολυς οχλος, a great crowd, or multitude, of the priests were obedient to the faith That is, they embraced the doctrine of the gospel, and evinced the sincerity of their faith in it, by a cheerful compliance with all its rules and precepts.