“And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,”
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, — daily gathering (kath' hemeran, day by day) shows constant devotion and community strength. The temple courts provide public testimony to the faith while private homes offer intimate koinonia. The breaking of bread (klasin artou) is simultaneously Eucharistic meal and daily table fellowship. Gladness (chara, joy, cheerfulness) and sincerity (aphelotēs, singleness, simplicity, guilelessness) mark the Spirit-filled community's emotional and moral tone.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:46
And continuing daily with one accord in the temple Acts 2:46, they enjoyed the benefit of teaching. Consider how these Jews did nothing else great or small, than assiduously attend at the temple. For, as having become more earnest, they had increased devotion also to the place. For the Apostles did not for the present pluck them away from this object, for fear of injuring them.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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