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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”

Context of Acts 5:42

40and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• dailyἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the templeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• inκατάkata · according toG2596
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• they ceasedπαύωpauō · to ceaseG3973
• notοὐou · noG3756
• to teachδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
• preachεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for Acts 5:42

• Acts 5:20"Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."
• Acts 2:46And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
• Acts 3:1Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
• Luke 21:37And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet.
• Luke 22:53When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
• 2 Timothy 4:2preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
• Acts 20:20how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,
• Acts 4:20for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard."
• 2 Samuel 6:22I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor."
• Romans 1:15So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
• Galatians 6:14But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
• Acts 8:5Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
• Acts 9:20And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."
• Acts 17:3explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
• 1 Corinthians 2:2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
• Ephesians 4:20But that is not the way you learned 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