Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 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.
(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.
ACTS 2:44 pisteu,ontej In the book of Acts the absolute use of the participle of pisteu,ein occurs as a designation of Christians. 83 The present participle pisteu,ontej (A C D E P most minuscules) i...
Verse 44. _AND, ALL THAT BELIEVED_] οι πιστευοντες, _The believers_, i.e. those who conscientiously credited the doctrine concerning the incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus...
ALL THAT BELIEVED - That is, that believed that Jesus was the Messiah; for that was the distinguishing point by which they were known from others. WERE TOGETHER - Were united; were joined in the same...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1)._ 2. The Immediate Effect of His Presence (Acts 2:5). 3. Peter's Address (Acts 2:14). 4. The Result of the Witness ...
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE BRETHREN. The four items in Acts 2:42 should be taken in two pairs; (_a)_ the believers adhered steadfastly to the apostles as their teachers and to their common life with ea...
They persevered in listening to the apostles' teaching, in the fellowship. in the breaking of bread and in prayers. Awe was in every soul; and many signs and wonders were done by the apostles. All the...
THE DAY OF PENTECOST (Acts 2:1-13) We may never know precisely what happened on the Day of Pentecost but we do know that it was one of the supremely great days of the Christian Church. for on that da...
BELIEVED. App-150. TOGETHER. See Acts 2:1....
_were together, and had all things common_ With the words of the angels still in their ears (Acts 1:11), "This same Jesus shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven," the disciple...
THE FIRST CONVERTS AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR...
ἮΣΑΝ ἘΠῚ ΤῸ ΑΥ̓ΤῸ Κ.Τ.Λ. With the words of the angels still in their ears (Acts 1:11) ‘This same Jesus shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven,’ the disciples were no doubt ful...
_THE RESULT IS SALVATION ACTS 2:40-47:_ Only those that gladly receive the word can be saved. The one that gladly receives the word will be baptized immediately. They did not eat, sleep nor drink firs...
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΟΝΤΕΣPRAES. _act. part. от_ ΠΝΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить. _Adj. part._ в роли _subst._ ΕΊΧΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΚΟΙΝΆ _асс. pl. от_ ΚΟΙΝΌΣ (G2839) общий. Об общине Мертвого моря...
DISCOURSE: 1741 THE STATE OF THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS Acts 2:44. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as ev...
AND HAD ALL THINGS COMMON;— Peculiar reasons made this community of goods eligible at that time; especially as many sojourners, who had come from other parts, would justly be desirous to continue at J...
e. The unity of the church. Acts 2:43-47. Acts 2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Acts 2:44 And all that believed were together, and ha...
44, 45. We are next introduced to a striking instance of the fellowship previously mentioned. (44) "_Now all who believed were together, and had all things common,_ (45) _and sold their possessions an...
And all that believed were together, and had all things common; AND ALL THAT BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER, [ epi (G1909) to (G3588) auto (G846)] - or 'at one place' statedly assembled; And had all thin...
38 Repentance and baptism lead to a probationary pardon, which may be withdrawn. This pardon is extended by Christ as the King. Its operation is illustrated by the parable of the ten thousand talent d...
THE DAY OF PENTECOST 1-13. Pentecost. On this day the risen Lord fulfilled His promise to send another Comforter (or Advocate) 'that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the...
THE LIFE AND WORSHIP OF THE FIRST CONVERTS. The converts were still earnest Jews, attending the services in the Temple daily (Acts 2:46), but they already formed a Church within a Church: for (1) they...
WERE TOGETHER] probably they had common meals. HAD ALL THINGS COMMON] This arrangement was not exactly what we call communism, for, (1) the sale of property was voluntary, the result of a spontaneous...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 2 THE *HOLY SPIRIT COMES AT *PENTECOST, 2:1-4 V1 On the day called *Pentecost, the *disciples were all together, in one place. V2 Immediately,...
ALL THAT BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER.... — The writer dwells with a manifest delight on this picture of what seemed to him the true ideal of a human society. Here there was a literal fulfilment of his Lord...
πάντες δε κ. τ. λ., _cf._ Acts 3:24, all, _i.e._, not only those who had recently joined, Acts 2:41. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ, see note on Acts 1:15; here of place. Theophylact takes it of the unanimity in the Chu...
PENTECOSTAL DAYS Acts 2:37-47 There were no exceptions in Peter's great appeal for repentance. _Every one of you!_ he declared. “But I drove the nails into His hands.” _Every one of you!_ he insists....
The first paragraph of this chapter records the first page of the history of the Church. It is seen as it began to form. The separated units of the disciples were fused into the new unity of the Churc...
The Early Church At Work Those who were added together gave constant attention to the apostles' teaching because, as we have just seen, it was the teaching of Christ. Remember Jesus told his followers...
This living in common is not a precept for all Christians, but a life of perfection and counsel, for such as are called to it by heaven. See St. Augustine in Psalm cxii. and ep. cix. the practice of w...
COMMUNITY OF GOODS 44, 45. A number of concurrent events superinduced this community of goods: (A) The suddenness of the Pentecostal revival catching thousands of those delegates from Jewish synago...
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. (42) And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellows...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
44._And all _Whereas I have translated it _joined together, _it is word for word in St Luke, _Into the same, or into one, _which may be expounded of the place; as if he should have said that they were...
Chapter 2 relates the fulfilment of this promise, in answer to the spirit of dependence manifested in their united prayers. The Spirit comes from above, in His own power, to possess and fill the dwel...
AND ALL THAT BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER,.... Not in one place, for no one house could hold them all, their number was now so large; but they "agreed together", as the Arabic version renders it: all these...
And all that believed were together, and had all things common; Ver. 44. _Were together_] There is a special tie to constancy in the communion of saints and community of supplies. _ And had all thin...
_And all that believed were together_ Meeting as frequently as possible, even in the same place, and at the same time. Or, if this was impracticable, (their number being already, at least, three thous...
ALL THINGS COMMON; so far as their mutual wants required. They did not establish a community of goods by any formal arrangement, but in the fulness of Christian love the rich sold their possessions an...
The effect of the sermon in the establishment and progress of the Church:...
AND ALL THAT BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER, AND HAD ALL THINGS COMMON;...
The feast of Pentecost in Israel looked forward to the very day on which God had decreed that the Spirit of God should come to form and indwell and empower the Church of God, which Christ had declared...
NOW ALL WHO BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER, AND HAD ALL THINGS IN COMMON, 1. All believers bonded together. There was a common faith and commitment that bound them together. 2. Had all things in common beca...
And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 'WERE TOGETHER'-i.e. not together in the same house. But rather, united in mind and purpose. This verse informs us that unity can be ach...
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...
ALL THAT BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER; not that they lived together in one house or street, but that they met (and that frequently) together in the holy exercises of their religion; and that manner of some,...
44, 45. We are next introduced to a striking instance of the fellowship previously mentioned. (44) "_ Now all who believed were together, and had all things common,_ (45) _and sold their possessions a...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And for this reason they (the Jews) had indeed the tithes of their goods consecrated to Him, but those who have received liberty set aside all their possessions for...
Acts 2:44 Now G1161 all G3956 believed G4100 (G5723) were G2258 (G5713) together G1909 G846 and...
‘And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear came on every soul. And many wonders and signs were done through the apostl...
THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD IS REVEALED AS PRESENT IN THE LIFE OF THE NEW CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL (2:42-47). Now, as a result of Pentecost, we have the beginnings of the Kingly Rule of God manifested on ear...
Acts 2:44-45. The question of ‘community of goods in the early Church' is discussed in Excursus (B) at the end of this chapter. AND ALL THAT BELIEVED WERE TOGETHER. This means that they assembled to...
_The Church of the First Days in Jerusalem,_ 42-47. St. Luke gives us in these few verses a vivid and a beautiful picture of the beginnings of the faith. The believers were no mere handful of men and...
WERE TOGETHER (ησαν επ το αυτο). Some MSS. ησαν κα (were and). But they were together in the same place as in Acts 2:1.AND HAD (κα ειχον). Imperfect active, kept on having, a habit in the present...
Acts 2 We have here the history of the first Christian revival. Let us trace it through, and mark at once its origin and its characteristics. I. It was ushered in by prayer. Like true children of God...
Acts 2:1. _And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place._ The first lesson that we ought to learn from this inspired record of what happened on the day of...
You know that Peter had been preaching a plain, simple, straightforward sermon upon the death, crucifixion, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. He, who was once such a coward that he trembled b...
CONTENTS: Holy Spirit's coming on day of Pentecost. The gospel given to the Jews. Peter's great sermon on the resurrected Christ, and the conviction of the people. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit...
Acts 2:1. _The day of Pentecost._ The fiftieth day after our Lord's resurrection, and the day when the sheaf of the firstfruits was offered. Though the feast of Pentecost was but one day, yet like the...
AND SHARED THEIR BELONGINGS. Remember that many of the group did not live here, but had come to Jerusalem for Passover and Pentecost. Alford (Greek Testament) points out that this situation was unique...
_All that believed were together, and had all things common._ THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS, AS HERE DEPICTED I. Presented a new social development, marked-- 1. By community of goods. 2. By judicious d...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 2:44 ALL THINGS IN COMMON. Some have seen this as a sort of socialist arrangement. This is clearly not the case, since (1) the giving was voluntary and (2) people still had personal...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 2:42. THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY.—Lit. _constantly applying themselves unto_, or _being engaged in_. A term characteristic of Luke (see Acts 2:46; Acts 6:4;...
EXPOSITION ACTS 2:1 _Was now come _for _was fully come, _A.V.; _all together _for _with one accord, _A.V. and T.R. WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST WAS NOW COME; literally, _when the day of Pentecost_—_i.e....
Now when the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1) This would be feast day following the Passover, of which Jesus was crucified. And fifty days after the Passover, the second major Jewish feast, the Feast of Pe...
1 John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 8:14; 2 Corinthians 8:15; 2 Corinthians 8:9;...
Common [κ ο ι ν α]. Compare fellowship, ver. 42....
Did early Christians practice communism? PROBLEM: Some have inferred from the fact that these early Christians “sold their possessions” and had “all things in common” that they were practicing a form...