Passage

Acts 2.46

Book: Acts · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"44. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45. and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need."

"46. And day by day, continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,"

"47. praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved." (Acts 2:44-47, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"44. All who believed were together, and had all things in common. 45. They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need."

"46. Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,"

"47. praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved." (Acts 2:44-47, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"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 with gladness and singleness of heart, ^{from: or, at home}"

"47. Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." (Acts 2:44-47, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"44. and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common, 45. and the possessions and the goods they were selling, and were parting them to all, according as any one had need."

"46. Daily also continuing with one accord in the temple, breaking also at every house bread, they were partaking of food in gladness and simplicity of heart,"

"47. praising God, and having favour with all the people, and the Lord was adding those being saved every day to the assembly." (Acts 2:44-47, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Church at Jerusalem

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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