<p>4:4- see on Acts 2:12.</p><p><em>But many of those that heard the word believed</em>- Acceptable decisions to believe can therefore be made having only heard the word preached orally. The very same Greek sentence is to be found in Jn. 5:24: &quot;He that hears My word and believes... has everlasting life&quot;. Yet again, the preachers of the Lord Jesus are presented as Jesus personally, preaching as He preached and thus continuing His witness in the world.</p><p><em>And the number of the men came to be about five thousand</em>- In addition to the 3000 earlier baptized at Pentecost.</p>