Acts 5:13

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them The sentence seems to convey an opposition to what has been stated in Acts 5:12, and should begin with But. The sense intended is that the assemblies of Christians made the porch of Solomon their special rendezvous when they went up to the Temple, seeing that it was there that the first addresses in the Temple-precincts had been given by St Peter. And while they were so assembled none of the other people who had not yet joined the new community ventured to attach themselves intrusively to the Christian body. The verb κολλᾶσθαι is used of Philip (Acts 8:29) when he is commanded "Go near and join thyselfto this chariot," where the action meant by it is one that was to press some notice of Philip upon the eunuch. From such intrusion all who were not Christians held back, and left the worshippers in Solomon's porch alone.

but the people magnified them Render, howbeit the people, &c. This is necessary because we have taken butas the conjunction at the beginning of the verse. There are two different conjunctions in the original.

Although the people (the rest, who were not of the Church) held back from pressing themselves among the congregation, yet they greatly praised them for the words and works of which they heard and saw.