Acts 4:34
And no one among them was destitute; for those who possessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price of what was sold,
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
35and placed it at the feet of the legates; and distribution was made to every one, as he had need.
Cross References
Matthew 19:21Jesus saith to him: If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell thy property, and give to the poor; and there shall be for thee a treasure in heaven; and come thou after me.
Luke 12:33Sell your property, and give alms: make for yourselves bags that do not become old, and a treasure that is not transient, in the heavens; where no thief approacheth, and no moth eateth.
Luke 22:35And he said to them: When I sent you without purses, without wallets and shoes, lacked ye any thing? They say to him: Nothing.
Acts 4:37had a field: and he sold it, and brought the price of it, and laid it before the feet of the legates.
1 Timothy 6:19and that they lay up for themselves a good foundation for that which is future; that they may take hold of real life.
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 →