Acts 2:41-42

2:41 So those who accepted ¹  his message ²  were baptized, and that day about three thousand people ³  were added. ⁴ 

The Fellowship of the Early Believers

2:42 They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, ⁵  to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ⁶ 

Acts 2:44

2:44 All who believed were together and held ⁷  everything in common,

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¹ tn Or “who acknowledged the truth of.”

² tn Grk “word.”

³ tn Grk “souls” (here an idiom for the whole person).

⁴ tn Or “were won over.”

⁵ sn Fellowship refers here to close association involving mutual involvement and relationships.

⁶ tn Grk “prayers.” This word was translated as a collective singular in keeping with English style.

⁷ tn Grk “had.”