'Accepted' in the Bible

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.

Now [when] the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had accepted the word of God.

Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so.