Acts 11:29
The believers decided to send funds to help the brothers that lived in Judea, with everyone giving according to what they had.
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30So they did this and sent the money with Barnabas and Saul to the church leaders there.
Cross References
Ezra 2:69They gave depending on how much they had, putting their gift into the treasury. The total came to 61,000 gold daric coins, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send your bread out on the surface of the water, and many days later you will find it again.
Luke 12:29Don't be concerned about what you're going to eat or drink—don't worry about it.
Acts 4:34None of them needed anything because those who had lands or properties sold them.
Acts 11:26and when he found him, he took Saul back with him to Antioch. Over the course of the next year they worked together with the church, teaching the message to crowds of people. It was in Antioch that the believers were first called “Christians.”
1 Corinthians 13:5Love does not act improperly, or insist on having its own way. Love is not argumentative and doesn't keep a record of wrongs.
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 →