Acts 2:47

αἰνοῦντες τὸν Θεόν, καὶ ἔχοντες χάριν πρὸς ὅλον τὸν λαόν. Ὁ δὲ Κύριος προσετίθει τοὺς σῳζομένους καθ᾽ ἡμέραν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 134; ainountes; αἰνοῦντες; those who are praising; V-PPA-NMP

Strongs 3588; ton; τὸν; the; Art-AMS

Strongs 2316; Theon; Θεὸν; God; N-AMS

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 2192; echontes; ἔχοντες; those who are having; V-PPA-NMP

Strongs 5485; charin; χάριν; favor; N-AFS

Strongs 4314; pros; πρὸς; toward; Prep

Strongs 3650; holon; ὅλον; entirely; Adj-AMS

Strongs 3588; ton; τὸν; the; Art-AMS

Strongs 2992; laon; λαόν; people; N-AMS

Strongs 3588; ho; ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 2962; Kyrios; Κύριος; Master; N-NMS

Strongs 4369; prosetithei; προσετίθει; kept adding; V-IIA-3S

Strongs 3588; tous; τοὺς; the; Art-AMP

Strongs 4982; sōzomenous; σῳζομένους; those who were being saved; V-PPM/P-AMP

Strongs 2596; kath’; καθ’; down; Prep

Strongs 2250; hēmeran; ἡμέραν; day; N-AFS

Strongs 1909; epi; ἐπὶ; upon; Prep

Strongs 3588; to; τὸ; the; Art-ANS

Strongs 846; auto; αὐτό; self; PPro-AN3S

RBT Translation:

He Adds ("Yoseph")

Those who are speaking praise of the God, and those who are holding a grace toward the whole People. And the Master kept adding the ones who are being saved according to a day upon the Self.¹⁵

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
None

LITV Translation:
praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church those being saved from day to day.

Footnotes

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The phrase ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό (“upon the same/self”) appears in the early and some critical editions of the Greek New Testament (e.g., Nestle 1904, Westcott and Hort 1881, NA27, UBS4), indicating the daily addition of those being saved to the same self.

More Hacking

However, later manuscripts, particularly those of the Byzantine tradition, omit this phrase and instead read τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ (“to the church/assembly”), thereby explicitly removing and adding words. Other manuscripts delete the phrase altogether. These variations reflect both scribal hacking—additions, deletions, and substitutions—and theological skewing introduced over time to undergird the institutional identity and authority of "the church."