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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

Context of Acts 2:47

45They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily 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

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 4:21After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
• Luke 2:52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
• Luke 19:48Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
• Romans 14:18because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
• Acts 2:39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
• Acts 5:14Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.
• Acts 11:24He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
• Acts 13:48When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
• Romans 8:30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
• Romans 9:27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
• Romans 11:5So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

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