Acts 2:47

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 2:41 : 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
  • Acts 11:24 : 24 because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.
  • Acts 16:5 : 5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
  • Acts 5:13-14 : 13 None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor. 14 More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.
  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.
  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 The Message of the Cross For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
  • Titus 3:4-5 : 4 But“when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, 5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
  • Rom 8:30 : 30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
  • Rom 9:27 : 27 And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel,“Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,
  • Rom 11:5-7 : 5 So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace. 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
  • Luke 19:48 : 48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.
  • Acts 4:21 : 21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.
  • Acts 4:33 : 33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 2:40-46
    7 verses
    81%

    40With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying,“Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”

    41So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

    42The Fellowship of the Early Believers They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

    43Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles.

    44All who believed were together and held everything in common,

    45and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.

    46Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,

  • Acts 5:11-14
    4 verses
    76%

    11Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

    12The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

    13None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.

    14More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

  • Acts 16:5
    73%

    5So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day.

  • Acts 11:23-24
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    71%

    23When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

    24because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

  • Luke 24:53
    71%

    53and were continually in the temple courts blessing God.

  • Acts 6:7
    70%

    7The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

  • Acts 5:42
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    42And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.

  • Acts 9:31
    70%

    31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

  • Acts 4:31-34
    4 verses
    70%

    31When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

    32Conditions Among the Early Believers The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

    33With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.

    34For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales

  • Acts 9:42
    69%

    42This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

  • Acts 14:27
    69%

    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • Acts 15:3-4
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    69%

    3So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

    4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

  • Acts 11:21
    69%

    21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 14:3
    68%

    3So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

  • Acts 13:43-44
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    67%

    43When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

    44On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.

  • Acts 13:48
    67%

    48When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

  • Acts 2:37
    67%

    37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

  • Mark 16:20
    67%

    20They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]

  • Acts 1:14-15
    2 verses
    67%

    14All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

    15In those days Peter stood up among the believers(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

  • Acts 16:31-32
    2 verses
    67%

    31They replied,“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

    32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

  • Acts 4:4
    66%

    4But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

  • Acts 9:35
    66%

    35All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 19:20
    66%

    20In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

  • Acts 4:24
    66%

    24When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said,“Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

  • Luke 18:43
    66%

    43And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

  • Mark 2:2
    66%

    2So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

  • Acts 12:24
    66%

    24But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

  • Acts 10:48
    66%

    48So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

  • Acts 8:6
    66%

    6The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

  • Acts 11:1
    65%

    1Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

  • Acts 21:20
    65%

    20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.

  • Acts 15:11
    65%

    11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.”

  • Acts 4:21
    65%

    21After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.