Acts 5:42

Acts 5:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
• New International Version (NIV)Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Context of Acts 5:42

40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. 41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 5:42 word by word

πᾶσάν τε ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ κατ᾽ οἶκον οὐκ ἐπαύοντο διδάσκοντες καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν.¶Read the interlinear

• ·τεte · and/bothG5037
• Everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• fromκατάkata · according toG2596
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• they did not stopοὐou · noG3756
• they did not stopπαύωpauō · to ceaseG3973
• teachingδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
• proclaiming the good news thatεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for Acts 5:42

• Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
• Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
• Acts 3:1One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
• Luke 21:37Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
• Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
• 2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
• Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
• Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• 2 Samuel 6:22and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
• Romans 1:15That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
• Galatians 6:14But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
• Acts 8:5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
• Acts 9:20Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
• Acts 17:3explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
• 1 Corinthians 2:2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
• Ephesians 4:20But this is not the way you came to know Christ.

Commentaries on Acts 5:42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42Daily in the temple - That is at the hours of morning and evening prayer; for they felt it their duty to worship God in public, and to help others to make a profitable use of the practice. Every man that professes Christianity should, in this respect also, copy their conduct: nor can any man be considered to have any religion, let his sentiments be what they may, who does not attend on the public worship of his Maker. They ceased not to teach and preach…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42And daily … - Compare 2 Timothy 4:2. See also notes on Acts 2:46.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-42Verses 34-42 The Lord still has all hearts in his hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense tells us to be cautious, while experience and observation show that the success of frauds in matters of religion has been very short. Reproach for Christ is true preferment, as it makes us conformable to his pattern, and serviceable to his interest. They rejoiced in it. If we suffer ill for doing…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4240-42. beaten them--for disobeying their orders (compare Lu 23:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 5:42

• Diligence
• Minister, Christian
• Persecution
• Peter
• Prisoners
• Temple
• Worship
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Jesus Christ
• Doctor
• Haply
• Keep
• Lie
• Privy

Commentaries on Acts 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings