Acts 2:41

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

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  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.
  • Acts 8:6-8 : 6 And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did. 7 For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well. 8 And there was much joy in that town.
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.
  • Acts 16:31-34 : 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. 32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. 34 And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.
  • Acts 1:15 : 15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,
  • Ps 72:16-17 : 16 May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth. 17 May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels. 46 And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
  • Luke 5:5-7 : 5 And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets. 6 And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken; 7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.
  • John 14:12 : 12 Truly I say to you, He who puts his faith in me will do the very works which I do, and he will do greater things than these, because I am going to my Father.
  • Gal 4:14-15 : 14 And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 15 Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

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  • Acts 2:42-44
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    42 And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

    43 But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.

    44 And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

  • Acts 2:46-47
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    46 And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,

    47 Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

  • Acts 4:3-4
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    3 And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

    4 But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

  • Acts 2:40
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    40 And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

    38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

  • Acts 19:5
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    5 And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 10:46-48
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    46 And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

    47 Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

    48 And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

  • Acts 5:12-14
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    12 Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

    13 The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

    14 And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

  • Acts 1:5
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    5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • Acts 11:21
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    21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 8:14-17
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    14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

    15 Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

    16 For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    17 Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

  • Acts 19:3
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    3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

  • Acts 4:31-32
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    31 And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

    32 And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.

  • John 3:22
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    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • Acts 11:23-24
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    23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

    24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

  • Acts 8:12
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    12 But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

  • Acts 11:15-16
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    15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

    16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 2:3-4
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    3 And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.

    4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

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    7 And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

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    1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 16:32-33
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    32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

    33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

  • Acts 9:42
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    42 And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

  • Acts 1:15
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    15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

  • Acts 14:3
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    3 So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Acts 10:44
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    44 While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

  • Acts 2:1
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    1 And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.

  • Acts 21:20
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    20 And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:

  • Mark 2:2
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    2 And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

  • Acts 15:3-4
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    3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

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  • Acts 16:5
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    5 So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

  • Acts 19:7
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    7 And there were about twelve of these men.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.