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What does Acts 2:42 mean?

August 17, 2013

A favorite verse of Scripture for many (and rightly so) is Acts 2:42. After a whole bunch of people get baptized Luke writes, "They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer (Act 2:42 NET)." But what did this look like? Was it disorganized hanging out? Or was there more to it?

Well, one of the earliest Christian writers, Justin Martyr, noted this in his defense of the Christian faith