 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...  Sermons on Several Occasions - Page 53by John Wesley - 1845Full view - About this book
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1840 - 566 pages
...lands or bouses, 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," Acts iv, 31-35. II. 1. Let us take a view, in the second place, of this Christianity, as spreading... | |
 | 1840 - 694 pages
...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." This Society is sanctioned by ecclesiastical authority. It has been, in fact, formally and regularly... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1840 - 790 pages
...proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ. See Notes, chap, ii. 44. VEH. 35. And * laid them down offender. — If I have injured the Jews so as to deserve death. If it can be proved that I A Ver. 37. Chap. v. 2. i Chap. ii. 45; vi. 1. And laid them down, &c. — That is, they committed the... | |
 | Reformed Church in America. General Synod - Reformed Church - 1840 - 192 pages
...the beginning serve the poor, " At whose feet was brought the price of the things that were sold : and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. But afterwards, when a murmuring arose, because the —Mows of the Grecians were neglected in the daily... | |
 | James McLeod Willson - Deacons - 1841 - 84 pages
...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" <SfC. From these passages, it appears that the " daily ministration " was the management, for public... | |
 | 1853 - 1048 pages
...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." — Acts iv. 33 — 35. Paul thus commends the Hebrew Christians, " Ye had compassion on me in my bonds,... | |
 | Henry Tyrwhitt Jones Macnamara - Peace - 1841 - 436 pages
...of lands or houses sold them, and brought the price 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."f The pure charity taught by Jesus, is no barren theory, that does not produce good fruit, but... | |
 | Alessa Johns - History - 2003 - 236 pages
...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." Fielding repeatedly endorsed the communal sharing of property, Scott described a communist society... | |
 | Nancy M. Tate - Religion - 2003 - 194 pages
...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." No governmental welfare program, food stamps or handouts— Just folks taking care of folks within... | |
 | Gregory Claeys - Business & Economics - 2005 - 496 pages
...but they had all things common. Neither was there any amongst them that lacked; for as many of them as were possessors of lands or houses, sold them,...was made unto every man according as he had need.' (Acts vi. 32, 34, 35.) St. Justin Martyr,"8 who flourished AD 140, says in his Apology for the Christians,... | |
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