Acts 4:37
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 4:37 in other translations
| BSB | sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | a field being his, having sold it, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles. |
| DARBY | being possessed of land, having sold it, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles. |
| BBE | Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles. |
| Webster | Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. |
What does Acts 4:37 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 4:31-37
31-37. place was shaken--glorious token of the commotion which the Gospel was to make (Ac 17:6; compare Ac 16:26), and the overthrow of all opposing powers in which this was to issue. they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and spake, &c.--The Spirit rested upon the entire community, first, in the very way they had asked, so that they "spake the word with boldness" (Ac 4:29, 31); next, in melting down all…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 4:32-37
The disciples loved one another. This was the blessed fruit of Christ's dying precept to his disciples, and his dying prayer for them. Thus it was then, and it will be so again, when the Spirit shall be poured upon us from on high. The doctrine preached was the resurrection of Christ; a matter of fact, which being duly explained, was a summary of all the duties, privileges, and comforts of Christians. There were…
Acts 4:37 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 4:37
- 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.
- Acts 5:1-2
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- 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, And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
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Context
- Acts 4:36
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,
- Acts 4:37
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 4:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como tuviese una heredad, la vendió, y trajo el precio, y púsolo á los pies de los apóstoles. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ayant une terre, la vendit, et en apporta la valeur, et la mit aux pieds des apôtres. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | der einen Acker besaß, verkaufte ihn, brachte das Geld und legte es nieder zu den Füßen der Apostel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | cum haberet agrum, vendidit eum, et attulit pretium, et posuit ante pedes Apostolorum. |