Acts 2:46

And, daily giving attendance with one intent in the temple and, at home, breaking bread, they were partaking of food with exultation and singleness of heart;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

In Context

45and, their possessions and goods, were they selling and distributing them unto all, in so far as anyone had need.

47Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And, the Lord, was adding them who were being saved, daily, together.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:7and shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, Ye, and your households,—wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee.

Deuteronomy 16:11So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God—thou, and thy son and thy daughter and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow who are in thy midst,—in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there.

Psalms 86:11Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way, I will walk steadfastly in thy truth, My heart will rejoice to revere thy Name.

Matthew 6:22The lamp of the body, is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body, shall be, lighted up;

Luke 24:30And it came to pass, when he reclined with them, taking the loaf, he blessed, and, breaking it, went on to give unto them.

Acts 1:13And, when they had entered, into the upper-story went they up, where remained behind—both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the zealot, and Judas the son of James.

Matthew Henry on Acts 2:43-47

The Fellowship of the Disciples. 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat… Read the whole commentary →

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