Acts Chapter 11 verse 29 Holy Bible
And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:
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And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:
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And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them];
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Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
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As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
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and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - And for then, A.V.; that for which, A.V. This is the first example of the practice, so much encouraged by St. Paul, of the Gentile Churches contributing to the wants of the poor Christians of the mother Church of Jerusalem (Romans 15:25-27; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 2 Corinthians 9; Galatians 2:10, etc.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Then the disciples, every man according to his ability.--Literally, as each man prospered. It is obviously implied that the collection was made at once, as a provision against the famine, in consequence of the prophecy, before the famine itself came. We may well believe that Saul and Barnabas were active in stirring up the Gentiles to this work of charity. It was the beginning of that collection for the "poor saints at Jerusalem" which was afterwards so prominent in the Apostle's labours (Acts 24:17; Romans 15:25-26; 1Corinthians 16:1; 2Corinthians 9:1-15; Galatians 2:10), and which he regarded as a bond of union between the Jewish and Gentile sections of the Church. It is probable that the generous devotion and liberality of the converts of Jerusalem in the glow of their first love had left them more exposed than most others to the pressure of poverty, and that when the famine came it found them to a great extent dependent on the help of other churches.Determined to send relief.--The Greek gives the more specific to send as a ministration, the half-technical word which St. Paul uses in Romans 15:31; 2Corinthians 9:1. . . .
