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Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 5:42 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.
  • KJV And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
  • NKJV And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
  • NASB And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and preaching the good news of Jesus as the Christ.
  • NLT And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”

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Quick answer

Daily, in temple and homes, they never stop teaching and preaching that Jesus is the Christ. Persecution only deepens their gospel persistence.

Overview

The apostles obey God rather than men, continuing exactly what they were forbidden to do. Their message centers on the identity of Jesus as the promised Messiah. This faithful, relentless witness in both public and private settings closes the chapter on a note of triumphant perseverance.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Acts 2:46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
  • Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
  • Luke 21:37Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
  • Acts 9:20Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
  • Acts 8:35Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
  • Acts 17:3explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
  • 2 Tim 4:2Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
  • Rom 1:15–16That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
  • Acts 8:5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
  • Acts 4:29And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
  • Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
  • Eph 4:20–21But this is not the way you came to know Christ.
  • 1 Cor 2:2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
  • Acts 11:20But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
  • Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
  • Gal 6:14But as for me, 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.
  • Acts 3:1–10One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
  • 2 Sam 6:22and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
  • Acts 17:18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
  • Acts 5:20–21“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

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Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

How Acts 5:42 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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