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Acts 4:37

Generosity

35 And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
KJV
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
WEB
having a field, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
ASV
having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles` feet.
DARBY
being possessed of land, having sold [it], brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.
BLB
having sold a field being his, brought the money and laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.
OTB
solgte en åker han eide, brakte pengene og la dem for apostlenes føtter.
B1930
[DNB30: 36] som eide en aker, solgte den og bar frem pengene og la dem for apostlenes føtter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 19:29

    And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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  • Acts 5:1–2

    But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

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  • Acts 4:34–35

    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,

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