Acts 4:36
Joseph, a Levite, a man from Cyprus whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement),
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35and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each one according to their need.
37sold a field and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Cross References
Mark 3:17James son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder;
Acts 11:19Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose over Stephen spread as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word only to Jews.
Acts 11:30They did this; they sent money to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 15:2This brought Paul and Barnabas into a sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas along with some others from among them were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to meet with the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts 15:37Barnabas wanted to also take with them John who was called Mark.
Acts 21:16There also went with us some of the disciples from Caesarea. They brought with them a man named Mnason, a man from Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:33-37
The Prosperity of the Church; The Liberality of the Disciples. 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the… Read the whole commentary →