 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1839 - 472 pages
...them that aught of the things, which, he possessed, was his own ; but they had all things common ; and distribution was made unto every man, according as he had need." It has been supposed, that, in this primitive circle of converts at Jerusalem, there was a literal... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1839 - 432 pages
...them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold and laid them down at the apostles' feet ; and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. They had all things common." — Did all men love their neighbors as themselves, or did the spirit... | |
 | 1839 - 416 pages
...them, and brought the price of the things that were sold and laid them down at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need " ' It is easy to believe that under the influence of these powerful motives the disciples of the new... | |
 | Charles Frederick Childe - 1839 - 448 pages
...them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the Apostle's feet : and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need." Then follows an individual example of this munificence, in the conduct of Barnabas, the future colleague... | |
 | 1840 - 694 pages
...them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet ; and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need." This Society is sanctioned by ecclesiastical authority. It has been, in fact, formally and regularly... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...Note on ch. 11. 44.) prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. Ami Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,)... | |
 | John Wesley - 1840 - 564 pages
...sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles' feet ; and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need," verses 34, 35. 10. But here a quRstion will naturally occur : How came they to act thnF, to have all... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1840 - 790 pages
...unsearchable riches of Christ. See Notes, chap, ii. 44. VEH. 35. And * laid them down at the apostles' feet ; and ' distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. A Ver. 37. Chap. v. 2. i Chap. ii. 45; vi. 1. And laid them down, &c. — That is, they committed the... | |
 | 1853 - 1048 pages
...them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold and laid them down at the apostles feet ; and distribution was made unto every man, according as he had need." — Acts iv. 33 — 35. Paul thus commends the Hebrew Christians, " Ye had compassion on me in my bonds,... | |
 | Christian Ludwig Couard - 1841 - 334 pages
...things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common. They sold their lands and houses, and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need." What name can we give to that divine power which united into one family them that acknowledged the... | |
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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 things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according... 
