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Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Acts 4:32
The multitude of them that believed. All the church.
Of one heart and of one soul. Perfectly united as one body and with
one life.
Neither said any [of them]. Note the language that follows. It does
not describe a community of goods, but a miraculous benevolence: (1)
the goods were not a common fund, but each one had "goods that he
possessed"; (2) he did not say that his goods were "his own"; (3) they
used all as if it belonged to all; (4) there were none that lacked, for
(5) those that had houses and lands sold them and brought the proceeds
to the apostles. It was a time when a great liberality was called for.
Thousands of Jews from abroad had become Christians and must remain at
Jerusalem until instructed in the gospel. It was a great emergency, and
the church was equal to it, for they brought money, goods, and the
proceeds of houses and lands to sustain those who lacked. This
continued until God was ready to send them forth, and when the
persecution arose about Stephen they "went everywhere preaching the
word" (Acts 8:4).
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Acts 4:32
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