Acts 2:41 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 2:41

Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

KJV

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

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Commentary

1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book IV (202)

For this reason, too, did the apostles, collecting the sheep which had perished of the house of Israel, and discoursing to them from the Scriptures, prove that this crucified Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God; and they persuaded a great multitude, who, however, [already] possessed the fear of God. And there were, in one day, baptized three, and four, and five thousand men.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The good effect of this sermon in the conversion of many to the faith of Christ, and their addition to the church,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

They that gladly received - The word rendered “gladly” means “freely, cheerfully, joyfully.” It implies that they did it without compulsion, and with joy. Religion is not compulsion. They who become Christians do it cheerfully; they do it rejoicing in the privilege of becoming reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. Though so many received his word and were baptized, yet it is implied that there were others who did not. It is probable that there were multitudes assembled who were alarmed, but who did not receive the word with joy.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	Those	G3588 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ἀποδεξάμενοι	apodexamenoi	having received	G588 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	word	G3056 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ἐβαπτίσθησαν	ebaptisthēsan	were baptized	G907 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσετέθησαν	prosetethēsan	were added	G4369 →
ἐν	en	on	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ἡμέρᾳ	hēmera	day	G2250 →
ἐκείνῃ	ekeinē	that	G1565 →
ψυχαὶ	psuchai	souls	G5590 →
ὡσεὶ	hōsei	about	G5616 →
τρισχίλιαι.¶	trischiliai	three thousand.	G5153 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 14:12
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
leads to
- Matthew 21:21
  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain,…
- Mark 16:17
  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
- Luke 10:17–19
  The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
- Acts 16:18
  She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And…
- Acts 19:12
  so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
Through
Acts 2:47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
leads to
- Acts 16:5
  So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
- Acts 5:13–14
  Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
- Acts 2:39
  This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”