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

40called in the emissaries, flogged them, ordered them not to continue speaking in the name of Yeshua, and let them go. 41So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be dishonored on account of His name. And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming Yeshua as the Messiah.

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, stand in the Temple and speak to the people the whole message about this Life.”
• Acts 2:46Day by day they continued with one mind, spending time at the Temple and breaking bread from house to house. They were sharing meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
• Acts 3:1Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the time of prayer.
• Luke 21:37So during the days Yeshua was teaching in the Temple, but in the nights He went out and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
• Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the Temple, yet you did not lay a finger on Me. But this is yours—the hour and the power of darkness.”
• 2 Timothy 4:2proclaim the Word! Be ready when it is convenient or inconvenient. Confront, rebuke, encourage—with complete patience and instruction.
• Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly as well as from house to house,
• Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• 2 Samuel 6:22and will dishonor myself even more than this, and will be low in my own eyes. Yet in the eyes of the slave girls whom you mentioned, I will be honored.”
• Romans 1:15So I am eager to proclaim the Good News also to you who are in Rome.
• Galatians 6:14But may I never boast—except in the cross of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. Through Him the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
• Acts 8:5Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.
• Acts 9:20Immediately he began proclaiming Yeshua in the synagogues, saying, “He is Ben-Elohim.”
• Acts 17:3He opened them and gave evidence that Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, saying, “This Yeshua, whom I declare to you, is the Messiah.”
• 1 Corinthians 2:2For I decided not to know about anything among you except Yeshua the Messiah—and Him crucified.
• Ephesians 4:20However, you did not learn Messiah in this way—

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