Acts 11:29
and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
30which also they did, having sent unto 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, drams six myriads and a thousand, and of silver, pounds five thousand, and of priests' coats, a hundred.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
Luke 12:29'And ye — seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
Acts 4:34for there was not any one among them who did lack, 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 a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.
1 Corinthians 13:5doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth 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 →