Discovery BoxActs 2:46 
Context2:46 Every day 1 they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, 2 breaking bread from 3 house to house, sharing their food with glad 4 and humble hearts, 5
Acts 11:23
Context11:23 When 6 he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true 7 to the Lord with devoted hearts, 8
1 tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.
2 tn Grk “in the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.
3 tn Here κατά (kata) is used as a distributive (BDAG 512 s.v. B.1.d).
4 sn The term glad (Grk “gladness”) often refers to joy brought about by God’s saving acts (Luke 1:14, 44; also the related verb in 1:47; 10:21).
5 tn Grk “with gladness and humbleness of hearts.” It is best to understand καρδίας (kardias) as an attributed genitive, with the two nouns it modifies actually listing attributes of the genitive noun which is related to them.
6 tn Grk “Antioch, who when.” The relative pronoun was omitted and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek.
7 tn BDAG 883 s.v. προσμένω 1.a.β has “remain true to the Lord” for προσμένειν (prosmenein) in this verse.
sn He…encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord. The call to faithfulness is frequent in Acts (2:40; 14:22; 15:32; 16:39; 20:1-2).
8 tn Grk “with purpose of heart”; BDAG 869 s.v. πρόθεσις 2.a translates this phrase “purpose of heart, i.e. devotion” here.
