Acts 2:45 Parallel Translations

From time to time, they sold their property and other possessions and distributed the money to anyone who needed it.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

ASV:

and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need.

BBE:

And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

DBY:

and sold their possessions and substance, and distributed them to all, according as any one might have need.

ERV:

and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need.

WEY:

They sold their lands and other property, and distributed the proceeds among all, according to every one's necessities.

WBS:

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

WEB:

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

YLT:

and the possessions and the goods they were selling, and were parting them to all, according as any one had need.

Acts 2:45 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

Acts 4:34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

2:45 Sold their possessions. Real estate.
Goods. Personal property.
Parted them to all [men]. On this special liberality we may note, (1) It partly arose from the non-resident or pilgrim character of a large part of the converts. (2) It was not an obligatory rule; the laws of ownership or property were not disturbed or questioned. Even Ananias might have kept all his land unblamed.

WES:

2:45 And sold their possessions - Their lands and houses; and goods - Their movables. And parted them to all as any one had need - To say the Christians did this only till the destruction of Jerusalem, is not true; for many did it long after. Not that there was any positive command for so doing: it needed not; for love constrained them. It was a natural fruit of that love wherewith each member of the community loved every other as his own soul. And if the whole Christian Church had continued in this spirit, this usage must have continued through all ages. To affirm therefore that Christ did not design it should continue, is neither more nor less than to affirm, that Christ did not design this measure of love should continue. I see no proof of this.

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:

Anyone Distributed Division Exchanging Goods Lands Money Necessities One's Parted Parting Possessions Proceeds Property Selling Sharing Sold Substance

Distributed Division Exchanging Goods Lands Money Necessities Need One's Parted Parting Possessions Proceeds Property Selling Sharing Sold

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