Acts 5:42 Meaning and Explanation
“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Acts 5:42 Mean?
Luke closes the episode with the church's quiet answer to the ban: 'daily' and 'ceased not.' The great public courts of the temple and the small rooms of private homes alike become places of teaching, exactly as the angel charged (verse 20).
The content of it all is a Person: they preach Jesus as the Christ, God's anointed King and Saviour. Threats and beatings changed nothing, because the message was never theirs to stop. Here is the steady engine of the gospel's spread in every age: ordinary days, every available place, and Jesus Christ at the center of it all.
Acts 5:42 in the Original Language
euangelizo (εὐαγγελίζω), 'preach' -- to announce good news, to bring glad tidings.
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What does Acts 5:42 mean?
Daily, in the temple and from house to house, the apostles never stop teaching and preaching Jesus Christ.