Acts 5:42

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And 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.

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  • Acts 2:46 : 46 Every 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 8:35 : 35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
  • Acts 20:20 : 20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,
  • Rom 1:15-16 : 15 Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome. 16 The Power of the Gospel For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
  • Gal 6:14 : 14 But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • Eph 4:20-21 : 20 But you did not learn about Christ like this, 21 if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.
  • 2 Sam 6:22 : 22 I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”
  • Luke 21:37 : 37 So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
  • Luke 22:53 : 53 Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying,“This man is the Son of God.”
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 17:3 : 3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying,“This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
  • Acts 3:1-9 : 1 Peter and John Heal a Lame Man at the Temple Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called“the Beautiful Gate” every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, he asked them for money. 4 Peter looked directly at him(as did John) and said,“Look at us!” 5 So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said,“I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!” 7 Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong. 8 He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
  • Acts 4:29 : 29 And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,
  • Acts 5:20-21 : 20 “Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.” 21 When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.
  • Acts 8:5 : 5 Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

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    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,

    47praising 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.

  • Acts 2:42
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    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.

  • Acts 5:20-22
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    20“Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”

    21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

    22But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

  • Luke 24:53
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    53and were continually in the temple courts blessing God.

  • Luke 19:47-48
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    47Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

    48but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

  • Mark 14:49
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    49Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”

  • Acts 5:40-41
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    40and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

    41So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

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    25But someone came and reported to them,“Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!”

  • Acts 4:18
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    18And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

  • Luke 21:37-38
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    37So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.

    38And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

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    2angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

    3So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).

  • Luke 9:6
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    6Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

  • Acts 28:31
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    31proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.

  • Acts 5:12-13
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    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.

  • Acts 20:20
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    20You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

  • Acts 8:4
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    4Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

  • Acts 5:27-28
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    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

    28saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”

  • Acts 24:12
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    12They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

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

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    23They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

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    21Jesus’ Authority Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

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

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    28So they spent considerable time with the disciples.

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    35But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming(along with many others) the word of the Lord.

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    5On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

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    2Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

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    31Ministry in Capernaum So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.

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    17So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.

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    7There they continued to proclaim the good news.

  • Mark 6:12
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    12So they went out and preached that all should repent.

  • Acts 14:3
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    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.

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    5So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

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    13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

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    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

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    30The Feeding of the Five Thousand Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

  • Luke 22:53
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    53Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”

  • Acts 4:23
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    23The Followers of Jesus Pray for Boldness When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

  • Acts 4:32
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    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.

  • Acts 19:10
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    10This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.