Acts 4:28-37

28 to do whatever Your hand and ¹Your purpose predestined to occur.

29 "And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may ²speak Your word with all ³confidence,

30 while You extend Your hand to heal, and ⁴signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy ⁵servant Jesus."

31 And when they had prayed, the ⁶place where * they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all ⁷filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ⁸speak the word of God with ⁹boldness.

Sharing among Believers

32 And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but ¹⁰all things were common property to them.

33 And ¹¹with great power the apostles were giving ¹²testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses ¹³would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales

35 and ¹⁴lay them at the apostles' feet, and they would be ¹⁵distributed to each as any had need.

36 Now Joseph, a Levite of ¹⁶Cyprian birth, who was also called ¹⁷Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of ¹⁸Encouragement ),

37 and who owned a tract of land, sold it and brought the money and ¹⁹laid it at the apostles' feet.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 2:23
• 2. Philippians 1:14
• 3. Acts 4:13, 31; Acts 14:3
• 4. John 4:48
• 5. Acts 3:13; Acts 4:27
• 6. Acts 2:1
• 7. Acts 2:4
• 8. Philippians 1:14
• 9. Acts 4:13; Acts 14:3
• 10. Acts 2:44
• 11. Acts 1:8
• 12. Luke 24:48
• 13. Matthew 19:21; Acts 2:45
• 14. Acts 4:37; Acts 5:2
• 15. Acts 2:45; Acts 6:1
• 16. Acts 11:19; Acts 13:4; Acts 15:39; Acts 21:3, 16; Acts 27:4
• 17. Acts 9:27; Acts 11:22, 30; Acts 12:25; Acts 13:1, 2, 7; 1 Corinthians 9:6; Galatians 2:1, 9, 13; Colossians 4:10
• 18. Acts 2:40; Acts 11:23; Acts 13:15; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:3
• 19. Acts 4:35; Acts 5:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "as for the present situation"
• [b]. Or "attesting miracles"
• [c]. Or "Son"
• [d]. Or "multitude"
• [e]. Lit "was saying"
• [f]. Lit "the prices of the things being sold"
• [g]. Or "Exhortation" or "Consolation"