| Acts 2:44 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | All the believers kept meeting together, and they shared everything with each other.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And all that believed were together, and had all things common; |
| ASV: | And all that believed were together, and had all things common; |
| BBE: | And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common; |
| DBY: | And all that believed were together, and had all things common, |
| ERV: | And all that believed were together, and had all things common; |
| WEY: | And all the believers kept together, and had everything in common. |
| WBS: | And all that believed were together, and had all things common; |
| WEB: | All who believed were together, and had all things in common. |
| YLT: | and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common, |
| Acts 2:44 Cross References |
| XREF: | Acts 4:32 And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.
Acts 4:37 and who owned a tract of land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Acts 5:2 and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife's full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles' feet. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 2:44 {13} And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
(13) Charity makes all things common with regard to their use, according as necessity requires. |
| PNT: | 2:44 Had all things common. Many, perhaps most, were sojourners at, not citizens of, Jerusalem. It was needful that they remain together for the time, and while sojourning here, they threw their common funds together. Alford says:
In order, however, rightly to understand this community, we may remark, It is only found in the Church at Jerusalem. No trace of its existence is discoverable anywhere else; on the contrary, St. Paul speaks constantly of the rich and poor. See 1Ti 6:17 Ga 2:10 2Co 8:13,15 9:6,7 1Co 16:2 Jas 2:1-5 4:13.'' |
| MHC: | 2:42-47 In these verses we have the history of the truly primitive church, of the first days of it; its state of infancy indeed, but, like that, the state of its greatest innocence. They kept close to holy ordinances, and abounded in piety and devotion; for Christianity, when admitted in the power of it, will dispose the soul to communion with God in all those ways wherein he has appointed us to meet him, and has promised to meet us. The greatness of the event raised them above the world, and the Holy Ghost filled them with such love, as made every one to be to another as to himself, and so made all things common, not by destroying property, but doing away selfishness, and causing charity. And God who moved them to it, knew that they were quickly to be driven from their possessions in Judea. The Lord, from day to day, inclined the hearts of more to embrace the gospel; not merely professors, but such as were actually brought into a state of acceptance with God, being made partakers of regenerating grace. Those whom God has designed for eternal salvation, shall be effectually brought to Christ, till the earth is filled with the knowledge of his glory. |
| CONC: | Believed Believers Believing Common Faith Kept |
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