Acts 2:46–47

2:46 Every day102 they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts,103 breaking bread from104 house to house, sharing their food with glad105 and humble hearts,106 2:47 praising God and having the good will107 of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day108 those who were being saved.

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102	tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.
103	tn Grk “in the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.
104	tn Here κατά (kata) is used as a distributive (BDAG 512 s.v. B.1.d).
105	sn The term glad (Grk “gladness”) often refers to joy brought about by God’s saving acts (Luke 1:14, 44; also the related verb in 1:47; 10:21).
106	tn Grk “with gladness and humbleness of hearts.” It is best to understand καρδίας (kardias) as an attributed genitive, with the two nouns it modifies actually listing attributes of the genitive noun which is related to them.
107	tn Or “the favor.”
108	tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase.