Acts 11:29
and the disciples, according as anyone was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministry to the brothers dwelling in Judea,
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30which also they did, having sent to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
Cross References
Ezra 2:69according to their power they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold, sixty-one thousand drams, and of silver, five thousand pounds, and of priests’ coats, one hundred.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, || For in the multitude of the days you find it.
Luke 12:29And you—do not seek what you may eat, or what you may drink, and do not be in suspense,
Acts 4:34for there was not anyone among them who lacked, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling [them], were bringing the prices of the thing sold,
Acts 11:26and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they assembled together a whole year in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
1 Corinthians 13:5does not act unseemly, does not seek its own things, is not provoked, does not impute 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 →