“Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.”
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved — praising God (aineo, praise, celebrate) and enjoying favor (charis, grace, favor, acceptance) from the population show external vindication and internal joy coexisting. The daily addition (aprosithemi, added, enrolled daily) of the saved (sōzō, saved, rescued, healed) is God's work (ho kyrios, the Lord added); the church grows by divine, not human, initiative. The divine passive dominates: God is at work.
Church Fathers on Acts 2:47
And breaking bread from house to house, did take their portion of food with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favor with all the people. Acts 2:47 It seems to me that in mentioning bread, he here signifies fasting and hard life; for they took their portion of food, not of dainty fare. With gladness, he says. Do you see that not the dainty fare, but the (τροφἥς οὐ τρυφἥς) food made the enjoyment. For they that fare daintily are under punishment and…
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