Bible Strands
Acts 2:41
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter addresses the Jerusalem crowd gathered for Pentecost immediately after his sermon urging them to be saved from their corrupt generation. The moment records the direct response to his public call for repentance.
The words — ἀσμένως (asmenōs) translates as gladly, and ἀποδεξάμενοι (apodexamenoi) means having received. These terms describe the voluntary acceptance of the preached message before the text notes the baptism and numerical addition.
The thread — The sequence of hearing, believing, and being added to the group appears in Acts 4:4 and Acts 2:47, where the Lord adds to their number daily. The same cause-and-effect pattern is stated in Acts 16:31 regarding belief and salvation.
Why it lands — The text records a historical count of those who accepted the preaching and underwent baptism. It requires the reader to acknowledge the direct link between proclamation, acceptance, and community membership without adding theological speculation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Cross-references
- Acts 4:4 But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
- Acts 2:47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
- Acts 16:31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- John 14:12 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
- Acts 1:15 In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,
- Acts 2:37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
- Acts 13:48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
- Psalms 72:16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
- Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- Luke 5:5 “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”