Acts 2:47

Acts 2:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
• New International Version (NIV)praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
• English Standard Version (ESV)praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
• New King James Version (NKJV)praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

Context of Acts 2:47

45From time to time, they sold their property and other possessions and distributed the money to anyone who needed it. 46The believers had a single purpose and went to the temple every day. They were joyful and humble as they ate at each other’s homes and shared their food. At the same time, they praised God and had the good will of all the people. Every day the Lord saved people, and they were added to the group.

Acts 2:47 word by word

αἰνοῦντες τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἔχοντες χάριν πρὸς ὅλον τὸν λαόν. ὁ δὲ κύριος προσετίθει τοὺς σῳζομένους καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Praisingαἰνέωaineō · to praiseG134
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• havingἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• favourχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• addedπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• to the churchἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
• dailyἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• asκατάkata · according toG2596
• should be savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982

Cross-references for Acts 2:47

• Acts 4:21The authorities threatened them even more and then let them go. Since all the people were praising God for what had happened, the authorities couldn’t find any way to punish Peter and John.
• Luke 2:52Jesus grew in wisdom and maturity. He gained favor from God and people.
• Luke 19:48But they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.
• Romans 14:18The person who serves Christ with this in mind is pleasing to God and respected by people.
• Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and to your children and to everyone who is far away. It belongs to everyone who worships the Lord our God.”
• Acts 5:14More men and women than ever began to believe in the Lord.
• Acts 11:24Barnabas was a dependable man, and he was full of the Holy Spirit and faith. A large crowd believed in the Lord.
• Acts 13:48The people who were not Jews were pleased with what they heard and praised the Lord’s word. Everyone who had been prepared for everlasting life believed.
• Romans 8:30He also called those whom he had already appointed. He approved of those whom he had called, and he gave glory to those whom he had approved of.
• Romans 9:27Isaiah also says about Israel: “Although the descendants of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, only a few will be saved.
• Romans 11:5So, as there were then, there are now a few left that God has chosen by his kindness.

Commentaries on Acts 2:47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Praising God - As the fountain whence they had derived all their spiritual and temporal blessings; seeing him in all things, and magnifying the work of his mercy. Having favor with all the people - Every honest, upright Jew would naturally esteem these for the simplicity, purity, and charity of their lives. The scandal of the cross had not yet commenced; for, though they had put Jesus Christ to death, they had not get entered into a systematic opposition…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47Praising God - See Luke 24:53. And having favour - See Luke 2:52. With all the people - That is, with the great mass of the people; with the people generally. It does not mean that all the people had become reconciled to Christianity; but their humble, serious, and devoted lives won the favor of the great mass of the community, and silenced opposition and cavil. This was a remarkable effect, but God has power to silence opposition; and there it nothing so…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-47Verses 42-47 In these verses we have the history of the truly primitive church, of the first days of it; its state of infancy indeed, but, like that, the state of its greatest innocence. They kept close to holy ordinances, and abounded in piety and devotion; for Christianity, when admitted in the power of it, will dispose the soul to communion with God in all those ways wherein he has appointed us to meet him, and has promised to meet us. The greatness of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42-47Luke makes a clear connection between personal faith and belonging to the Christian community. Life in this new community included: devotion to the teaching of the apostles from God’s word, fellowship, sharing, joy, and praise. As a result, the Lord continued to add to their number those who were being saved.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 41-4741-47. they that gladly received his word were baptized--"It is difficult to say how three thousand could be baptized in one day, according to the old practice of a complete submersion; and the more as in Jerusalem there was no water at hand except Kidron and a few pools. The difficulty can only be removed by supposing that they already employed sprinkling, or baptized in houses in large vessels. Formal submersion in rivers, or larger quantities of water…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 2:47

• Church
• Fellowship
• Joy
• Praise
• Predestination
• Regeneration
• Revivals
• Righteous
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Approve
• Church
• Confound
• Determinate
• Exhort
• Gladness
• Messiah
• Miracle

Commentaries on Acts 2

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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