Acts 19:7

7 (Now the total [number] [of] men was about twelve.)

Acts 19:7 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 19:7

And all the men were about twelve.
] The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, have not the word "about"; but affirm, that the men were twelve; and indeed the number being so small, the historian might be at a certainty about it: these seem to be the first materials of a Gospel church at Ephesus, which afterwards was very large and flourishing, and very likely were some of the elders of it.

Acts 19:7 In-Context

5 And [when they] heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 And [when] Paul laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

7 (Now the total [number] [of] men was about twelve.)

8 So he entered into the synagogue [and] was speaking boldly for three months, discussing and attempting to convince [them] concerning the kingdom of God.

9 But when some became hardened and were disobedient, reviling the Way before the congregation, he departed from them [and] took away the disciples, leading discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.