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

45and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. 46Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

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

• praisingαἰνέωaineō · to praiseG134
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• havingἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• favorχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• with allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• And the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• was addingπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• to their numberαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• who were being savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982

Cross-references for Acts 2:47

• Acts 4:21When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;
• Luke 2:52And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
• Luke 19:48and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said.
• Romans 14:18For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.
• Acts 2:39For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
• Acts 5:14And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number,
• Acts 11:24for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord.
• Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
• Romans 8:30and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.
• Romans 9:27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;
• Romans 11:5In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

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