“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.”
Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah - the apostles' persistence is absolute: 'day after day' (pasan te hēmeran), 'never stopped' (ouk epauan). The teaching happens in two venues: 'in the temple courts' (en tō hierō, public space) and 'from house to house' (kat' oikon, intimate space). The content remains constant: 'Jesus is the Messiah' (Iēsous ton christon). Obedience to divine command supersedes obedience to human prohibition.
Church Fathers on Acts 5:42
And they were persuaded by him. Acts 5:40 How were they persuaded? So as not to slay them, but merely to scourge. For, it says, And when they had called the Apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. See after what great works they are scourged! And again their teaching became more extended: for they taught at home and in the temple,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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