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Soμὲν οὖνthose whoοἱreceivedἀποδεξάμενοιhisαὐτοῦwordτὸν λόγονwere immersed,ἐβαπτίσθησανandκαὶonἐνthatἐκείνῃdayτῇ ἡμέρᾳaboutὡσεὶthree thousandτρισχίλιαιpersonsψυχαὶwere added.προσετέθησαν
Acts 2:41
Study it in the app“So those who received his word were immersed, and on that day about three thousand persons were added.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 2:41, word by word
- receivedἀποδεξάμενοιapodexamenoi
welcome
Welcome, receive gladly; accept.
Where else “apodexamenoi” appears- wordλόγονlogon
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logon” appears- were immersedἐβαπτίσθησανebaptisthēsan
immerse
To put someone into water; "baptize" comes from it.
Where else “ebaptisthēsan” appears- dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appears- aboutὡσεὶhōsei
about
Roughly, with numbers.
Where else “hōsei” appears- three thousandτρισχίλιαιtrischiliai
three thousand
Three thousand.
Where else “trischiliai” appears- personsψυχαὶpsychai
person
A human being counted one by one, as when saying how many there were.
Where else “psychai” appears- were addedπροσετέθησανprosetethēsan
add
To join something to what is there.
Where else “prosetethēsan” appears
The context
40And with many other words he testified and kept urging them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation.”
41 · This verse (above)
42And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers.
To study Acts 2 in a group
1. What it says
What happened on the day of Pentecost when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, and what did the crowd hear? (vv. 4-8)
2. What it means
Peter explains what happened using the Scriptures and Jesus. What does he want the people to understand about Jesus? (vv. 22-36)
3. How I live it
The first believers shared teaching, meals and possessions (vv. 42-45). What could you share this week with someone close to you?