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Text -- Acts 2:40-47 (NET)
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2:40 With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying , “Save yourselves from this perverse generation !”
2:41 So those who accepted his message were baptized , and that day about three thousand people were added .
The Fellowship of the Early Believers
2:42 They were devoting themselves to the apostles ’ teaching and to fellowship , to the breaking of bread and to prayer .
2:43 Reverential awe came over everyone , and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles .
2:44 All who believed were together and held everything in common ,
2:45 and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone , as anyone had need .
2:46 Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts , breaking bread from house to house , sharing their food with glad and humble hearts ,
2:47 praising God and having the good will of all the people . And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Pentecost |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
Jerusalem |
Messiah |
Apostles |
Word of God |
Church |
Fellowship |
Revivals |
PETER, SIMON |
CHURCH GOVERNMENT |
SACRAMENTS |
Beneficence |
Joy |
AGAPE |
Eucharist |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
Prayer |
Liberality |
Giving |
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NET Notes: Act 2:42 Grk “prayers.” This word was translated as a collective singular in keeping with English style.
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NET Notes: Act 2:43 In this context the miraculous nature of these signs is implied. Cf. BDAG 920 s.v. σημεῖον 2.a.
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NET Notes: Act 2:45 Grk “distributing them” (αὐτά, auta). The referent (the proceeds of the sales) has been specified in the translation ...
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NET Notes: Act 2:46 Grk “with gladness and humbleness of hearts.” It is best to understand καρδίας (kardias) as an attribut...
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