24 But the word of God kept on increasing[a] and multiplying.

25 So Barnabas and Saul returned to[b] Jerusalem when they[c] had completed their[d] service, having taken along with them[e] John (who is also called Mark).

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:24 This imperfect verb has been translated as customary (“kept on increasing”)
  2. Acts 12:25 Some manuscripts read “from”
  3. Acts 12:25 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had completed”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Acts 12:25 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  5. Acts 12:25 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation