Atos 2:45

45 Vendendo suas propriedades e bens, distribuíam a cada um conforme a sua necessidade.

Atos 2:45 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:45

And sold their possessions and goods.
&c.] Their houses and lands, their fields and vineyards, their goods, moveable or immoveable:

and parted them to all men;
that were of their society, not to others:

as every man had need:
the rich sold their estates, and divided them among the poor, or gave them such a portion thereof as their present exigencies required. This was done by Jews, and by Jews only; who, when they embraced the Gospel of Christ, were informed that the destruction of their city, and nation, was at hand; and therefore they sold their estates before hand, and put them to this use; which was necessary to be done, both for the support of the Gospel in Judea, and for the carrying and spreading of it among the Gentiles: but is not to be drawn into a precedent, or an example in after times; nor is ever any such thing proposed to the Christian churches, or exhorted to by any of the apostles.

Atos 2:45 In-Context

43 Todos estavam cheios de temor, e muitas maravilhas e sinais eram feitos pelos apóstolos.

44 Os que criam mantinham-se unidos e tinham tudo em comum.

45 Vendendo suas propriedades e bens, distribuíam a cada um conforme a sua necessidade.

46 Todos os dias, continuavam a reunir-se no pátio do templo. Partiam o pão em casa e juntos participavam das refeições, com alegria e sinceridade de coração,

47 louvando a Deus e tendo a simpatia de todo o povo. E o Senhor lhes acrescentava diariamente os que iam sendo salvos.