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Acts 2:42
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
ACTS 2:42 tw/n avposto,lwn After tw/n avposto,lwn codex Bezae adds evn VIerousalh,m. The Latin text of codex Bezae reads, with vg syrp copsa, bo, “in the fellowship of the breaking of bread.”...
Verse 42. _THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY IN THE APOSTLES' DOCTRINE_] They _received_ it, _retained_ it, and _acted_ on its principles. _AND FELLOWSHIP_] κοινωνια, _community_; meaning _association_ for...
AND THEY CONTINUED STEDFASTLY - They persevered in, or they adhered to. This is the inspired record of the result. That any of these apostatized is nowhere recorded, and is not to be presumed. Though...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1)._ 2. The Immediate Effect of His Presence (Acts 2:5). 3. Peter's Address (Acts 2:14). 4. The Result of the Witness ...
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE BRETHREN. The four items in Acts 2:42 should be taken in two pairs; (_a)_ the believers adhered steadfastly to the apostles as their teachers and to their common life with ea...
They persevered in listening to the apostles' teaching, in the fellowship. in the breaking of bread and in prayers. Awe was in every soul; and many signs and wonders were done by the apostles. All the...
THE DAY OF PENTECOST (Acts 2:1-13) We may never know precisely what happened on the Day of Pentecost but we do know that it was one of the supremely great days of the Christian Church. for on that da...
AND. This and the "ands" in following verses give the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. CONTINUED STEDFASTLY. Greek. _proskartereo._ See note on Acts 1:14. DOCTRINE. teaching. FELLOWSHIP. the...
_And they continued stedfastly in the apostles" doctrine_ i.e. They allowed nothing to interfere with the further teaching which the Apostles no doubt gave to the newly baptized. The converts would na...
42. Omit καὶ after ΚΟΙΝΩΝΊΑΙ with אABCD. The _Vulg_. has ‘et communicatione fractionis panis,’ which also supports the omission of καί. 42. ΠΡΟΣΚΑΡΤΕΡΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ. This means that they allowed nothing to i...
THE FIRST CONVERTS AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR...
_THE RESULT IS SALVATION ACTS 2:40-47:_ Only those that gladly receive the word can be saved. The one that gladly receives the word will be baptized immediately. They did not eat, sleep nor drink firs...
ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΠΡΟΣΚΑΡΤΕΡΟΫ́ΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΑΡΤΕΡΈΩ (G4342) быть твердым, оставаться верным человеку или заданию. По отношению к молитве имеется в виду...
AND THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY, &C.— This may intimate, on the one hand, that many efforts were made to shake their resolution; and, on the other, that, upon fuller inquiry, they found all things as t...
d. The results of the sermon. Acts 2:37-42. Acts 2:37. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? Act...
42. Having been immersed simply upon their faith in Jesus Christ, these young disciples had many subordinate objects of faith to become acquainted with, and many duties yet unknown, in which to be ins...
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. AND THEY CONTINUED STEDFASTLY IN THE APOSTLES' DOCTRINE AND FELLOWSHIP, [ Eesan (G2...
38 Repentance and baptism lead to a probationary pardon, which may be withdrawn. This pardon is extended by Christ as the King. Its operation is illustrated by the parable of the ten thousand talent d...
2:42 teaching (c-6) As ch. 13.12; 1 Corinthians 14:26 ....
THE LIFE AND WORSHIP OF THE FIRST CONVERTS. The converts were still earnest Jews, attending the services in the Temple daily (Acts 2:46), but they already formed a Church within a Church: for (1) they...
THE DAY OF PENTECOST 1-13. Pentecost. On this day the risen Lord fulfilled His promise to send another Comforter (or Advocate) 'that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the...
IN PRAYERS] lit. 'in the prayers,' i.e. the public prayers of the Church. These would probably be partly liturgical, after the example of the Temple and the Synagogue (cp. the liturgical addition to t...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 2 THE *HOLY SPIRIT COMES AT *PENTECOST, 2:1-4 V1 On the day called *Pentecost, the *disciples were all together, in one place. V2 Immediately,...
AND THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY. — The one Greek word is expressed by the English verb and adverb. As applied to persons, the New Testament use of the word is characteristic of St. Luke (Acts 2:46; Act...
The growth of the Church not merely in numbers but in the increase of faith and charity. In R.V. by the omission of καὶ before τῇ κλάσει two pairs of particulars are apparently enumerated the first re...
PENTECOSTAL DAYS Acts 2:37-47 There were no exceptions in Peter's great appeal for repentance. _Every one of you!_ he declared. “But I drove the nails into His hands.” _Every one of you!_ he insists....
The first paragraph of this chapter records the first page of the history of the Church. It is seen as it began to form. The separated units of the disciples were fused into the new unity of the Churc...
The Early Church At Work Those who were added together gave constant attention to the apostles' teaching because, as we have just seen, it was the teaching of Christ. Remember Jesus told his followers...
(11) And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and (b) fellowship, and in (c) breaking of bread, and in prayers. (11) The marks of the true Church are the doctrine of the apostles, the...
In the communication of the breaking of bread, by which some understand their ordinary meals, and eating together; others, of the celestial bread of the holy Sacrament, Greek: tou arton, panis illius,...
THREE THOUSAND CONVERTED 42. To what were they converted? They were all converted to the Christhood of Jesus. Doubtless very many of them knew the God of Abraham in a happy personal experience of His...
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. (42) And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellows...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
_THE APOSTLES’ DOCTRINE_ ‘They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine.’ Acts 2:42 This verse gives us the earliest information of the essential features of Christian unity. After Pentecost...
42._In their doctrine _Luke doth not only commend in them the constancy of faith or of godliness, but he saith, also, that they did constantly give themselves to those exercises which serve to the con...
Chapter 2 relates the fulfilment of this promise, in answer to the spirit of dependence manifested in their united prayers. The Spirit comes from above, in His own power, to possess and fill the dwel...
AND THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY IN THE APOSTLES' DOCTRINE,.... And which is the same with the doctrine of Christ, of which he is the author, preacher, and subject; the substance of which is peace, pard...
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. Ver. 42. _Doctrine and fellowship_] So the Philippians,Philippians 1:5. _See Trapp on...
_And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine_ Notwithstanding all the apparent danger to which they were exposed, they regularly attended on the word which the apostles preached, and reso...
CONTINUED STEADFASTLY; in their attendance upon, reception of, and obedience to the teaching of the apostles; in Christian communion with one another, and united prayer and supplication for blessings...
The feast of Pentecost in Israel looked forward to the very day on which God had decreed that the Spirit of God should come to form and indwell and empower the Church of God, which Christ had declared...
AND THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY IN THE APOSTLES ' DOCTRINE AND FELLOWSHIP, IN THE BREAKING OF BREAD, AND IN PRAYERS. 1. Four of the five items of worship mentioned here. 1. Apostle's doctrine (teachi...
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. 'AND THEY'-the new converts, the 3000 baptized in Acts 2:41. Here we find some of the...
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...
THEY CONTINUED STEDFASTLY, speaks the reality of their conversion, and that they were not only for the present affected with what they had heard and seen. These three parts of worship were frequently,...
42. Having been immersed simply upon their faith in Jesus Christ, these young disciples had many subordinate objects of faith to become acquainted with, and many duties yet unknown, in which to be ins...
Didache The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations.[1]...
Acts 2:42 And G1161 continued G2258 (G5713) steadfastly G4342 (G5723) apostles G652 doctrine G1322 and G2532 fellowship...
THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD IS REVEALED AS PRESENT IN THE LIFE OF THE NEW CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL (2:42-47). Now, as a result of Pentecost, we have the beginnings of the Kingly Rule of God manifested on ear...
‘And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came on every soul. And many wonders and signs were done through the apostl...
_The Church of the First Days in Jerusalem,_ 42-47. St. Luke gives us in these few verses a vivid and a beautiful picture of the beginnings of the faith. The believers were no mere handful of men and...
Acts 2:42. AND THEY CONTINUED STEDFASTLY. The three thousand souls converted after the Pentecost feast. The _whole_ church is not especially mentioned in Acts 2:44. In the apostles' doctrine. Those w...
THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY (ησαν προσκαρτυρουντες). Periphrastic active imperfect of προσκαρτυρεω as in Acts 1:14 (same participle in verse Acts 2:46).FELLOWSHIP (κοινωνια). Old word from κοινωνος...
Acts 2:41 St. Peter's Pentecostal Sermon Consider the several points noted in the text, as showing the result of St. Peter's sermon. I. In the first place, the persons who had been baptized, and so...
Acts 2 We have here the history of the first Christian revival. Let us trace it through, and mark at once its origin and its characteristics. I. It was ushered in by prayer. Like true children of God...
Acts 2:14. _But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you and hearken to my words:_ A g...
We cannot too often read the story of that wondrous outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; and let us never read it without asking the Lord to manifest in our midst the fullness of the...
Acts 2:1. _And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place._ The first lesson that we ought to learn from this inspired record of what happened on the day of...
You know that Peter had been preaching a plain, simple, straightforward sermon upon the death, crucifixion, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. He, who was once such a coward that he trembled b...
CONTENTS: Holy Spirit's coming on day of Pentecost. The gospel given to the Jews. Peter's great sermon on the resurrected Christ, and the conviction of the people. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit...
Acts 2:1. _The day of Pentecost._ The fiftieth day after our Lord's resurrection, and the day when the sheaf of the firstfruits was offered. Though the feast of Pentecost was but one day, yet like the...
THEY SPENT THEIR TIME. A _group_ implies _companionship, solidarity._ In contrast to "saving souls," the Good News makes disciples to Christ! A disciple wants to learn and live the message, and to be...
_Now when they heard this they were pricked in their heart._ THE EFFECTS OF GOSPEL PREACHING 1. Peter having explained the events of Pentecost, an immediate effect was produced. “They were pricked in...
_Then they that gladly received his word were baptized._ MARKS OF HAVING RECEIVED THE WORD 1. A public profession of faith. 2. A desire to fulfil all the ordinances laid upon them by our Lord. 3....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:42 APOSTLES’ TEACHING. They shared what Jesus taught them before and after his resurrection. FELLOWSHIP included the sharing of material goods (v....
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:14 The Witness in Jerusalem. Beginning with Peter’s sermon at Pentecost and continuing through ch. Acts 5:1, the Christians’ witness is limited to the city of Jerus
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 2:42. THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY.—Lit. _constantly applying themselves unto_, or _being engaged in_. A term characteristic of Luke (see Acts 2:46; Acts 6:4;...
EXPOSITION ACTS 2:1 _Was now come _for _was fully come, _A.V.; _all together _for _with one accord, _A.V. and T.R. WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS NOW COME; literally, _when the day of Pentecost_—_i.e....
Now when the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1) This would be feast day following the Passover, of which Jesus was crucified. And fifty days after the Passover, the second major Jewish feast, the Feast of Pe...
1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 1 Corinthians 10:21; 1 Corinthians 11:2;...
Continued steadfastly. See on ch. Acts 1:14. Doctrine [δ ι δ α χ η]. Better, teaching. Fellowship [κ ο ι ν ω ν ι α]. From koinov, common. A relation between individuals which involves a common intere...
And they continued steadfast — So their daily Church communion consisted in these four particulars: Hearing the word; Having all things common; Receiving the Lord's Supper; Prayer. Ye diff'rent sects...
Which words give us an account of the behaviour of the first Christians, particularly in their religious assemblies, and of the way of worship used in the church of Jerusalem, the true mother church i...