Acts 11:29
And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30Which also they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Cross References
Ezra 2:69According to their ability, they gave towards the expenses of the work, sixty- one thousand solids of gold, five thousand pounds of silver, and a hundred garments for the priests.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
Luke 12:29And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not lifted up on high.
Acts 4:34For neither was there any one needy among them. For as many as were owners of lands or houses, sold them, and brought the price of the things they sold,
Acts 11:26And they conversed there in the church a whole year; and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians.
1 Corinthians 13:5Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
Matthew Henry on Acts 11:28-30
Primitive Charity. 27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar. 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa: 30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. When our Lord Jesus ascended on high he… Read the whole commentary →