Acts 2:44

44 omnes etiam qui credebant erant pariter et habebant omnia communia

Acts 2:44 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 2:44

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 believers were of one mind and judgment, as to doctrines, they agreed in their sentiments and principles of religion; and they were of one heart and soul, were cordially affected to each other, and mutually were assisting to one another in temporals, as well as in spirituals:

and had all things common:
that is, their worldly goods, their possessions and estates; no man called anything peculiarly his own; and whatever he had, his brother was welcome to, and might as freely take, and use it, as if it was his own.

Acts 2:44 In-Context

42 erant autem perseverantes in doctrina apostolorum et communicatione fractionis panis et orationibus

43 fiebat autem omni animae timor multa quoque prodigia et signa per apostolos fiebant in Hierusalem et metus erat magnus in universis

44 omnes etiam qui credebant erant pariter et habebant omnia communia

45 possessiones et substantias vendebant et dividebant illa omnibus prout cuique opus erat

46 cotidie quoque perdurantes unianimiter in templo et frangentes circa domos panem sumebant cibum cum exultatione et simplicitate cordis