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41 So those who accepted[a] his message[b] were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people[c] were added.[d]

The Fellowship of the Early Believers

42 They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship,[e] to the breaking of bread and to prayer.[f] 43 Reverential awe[g] came over everyone,[h] and many wonders and miraculous signs[i] came about by the apostles.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:41 tn Or “who acknowledged the truth of.”
  2. Acts 2:41 tn Grk “word.”
  3. Acts 2:41 tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).
  4. Acts 2:41 tn Or “were won over.”
  5. Acts 2:42 sn Fellowship refers here to close association involving mutual involvement and relationships.
  6. Acts 2:42 tn Grk “prayers.” This word was translated as a collective singular in keeping with English style.
  7. Acts 2:43 tn Or “Fear.”
  8. Acts 2:43 tn Grk “on every soul” (here “soul” is an idiom for the whole person).
  9. Acts 2:43 tn In this context the miraculous nature of these signs is implied. Cf. BDAG 920 s.v. σημεῖον 2.a.

41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number(A) that day.

The Fellowship of the Believers

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching(B) and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread(C) and to prayer.(D) 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.(E)

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