Acts 2:42

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 1:14 : 14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
  • Acts 20:7 : 7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.
  • Heb 10:25 : 25 Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.
  • Acts 2:46 : 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,
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
  • John 8:31-32 : 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples; 32 And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
  • Mark 4:16-17 : 16 And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy; 17 And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.
  • Luke 24:35 : 35 And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
  • Jude 1:20 : 20 But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,
  • 2 Pet 3:1-2 : 1 My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake; 2 So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.
  • 2 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith. 18 But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
  • Acts 4:23 : 23 And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.
  • Acts 4:31 : 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.
  • Acts 5:12-14 : 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 6:4 : 4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
  • Acts 11:23 : 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:
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 20:11 : 11 And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
  • 1 Cor 10:16-17 : 16 The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ? 17 Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.
  • 1 Cor 10:21 : 21 It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.
  • 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.
  • 1 Cor 11:20-26 : 20 But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord: 21 For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink. 22 What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not. 23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread, 24 And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me. 25 In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me. 26 For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.
  • Gal 1:6 : 6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
  • Col 1:23 : 23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
  • Col 4:2 : 2 Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;
  • 2 Tim 3:14 : 14 But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 2:43-47
    5 verses
    83%

    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;

    45 And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

    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 5:42
    76%

    42 And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

  • Acts 2:41
    76%

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

  • Acts 4:31-33
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

    33 And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.

  • Acts 1:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

    14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

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

  • Acts 6:4
    73%

    4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

  • Acts 5:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    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;

  • Luke 24:53
    71%

    53 And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.

  • Acts 12:5
    71%

    5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

  • Acts 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

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

    2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.

  • Acts 14:3
    70%

    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 10:48
    70%

    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 2:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    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 14:28
    70%

    28 And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

  • Acts 6:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

    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.

  • Acts 20:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7 And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

    8 And there were a number of lights in the room where we had come together.

  • Acts 16:5
    69%

    5 So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

  • Acts 8:17
    68%

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

  • Acts 2:4
    68%

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

  • Acts 5:21
    68%

    21 And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

  • Acts 8:15
    68%

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

  • Acts 14:23
    68%

    23 And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

  • Luke 24:35
    68%

    35 And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

  • Acts 15:4
    68%

    4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

  • Col 4:2
    68%

    2 Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;

  • Acts 4:35
    68%

    35 And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

  • Acts 5:18
    67%

    18 And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

  • Acts 1:21
    67%

    21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

  • Mark 6:42
    67%

    42 And they all took of the food and had enough.

  • Mark 16:20
    67%

    20 And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

  • Acts 1:2
    67%

    2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

  • Acts 9:42
    67%

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

  • Mark 6:30
    67%

    30 And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

  • Acts 2:14
    67%

    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.

  • Acts 13:43
    67%

    43 Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

  • Mark 2:2
    67%

    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.