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Clementine Latin Vulgate
secundum Lucam 11:29
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Discipuli autem, prout quis habebat, proposuerunt singuli in ministerium mittere habitantibus in Judæa fratribus:
Discipuli autem, prout quis habebat, proposuerunt singuli eorum in ministerium mittere habitantibus in Iudaea fratribus;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
every: Ezra 2:69, Nehemiah 5:8, 1 Corinthians 16:2, 2 Corinthians 8:2-4, 2 Corinthians 8:12-14, 1 Peter 4:9-11
to send: Acts 2:44, Acts 2:45, Acts 4:34, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Luke 12:29-33, Romans 15:25-27, 1 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Corinthians 16:1, 2 Corinthians 9:1, 2 Corinthians 9:2, Galatians 2:10, Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:6
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:35 - then Job 31:16 - withheld Psalms 37:21 - righteous Proverbs 11:24 - that scattereth Ecclesiastes 10:19 - but Song of Solomon 5:1 - eat Isaiah 32:8 - the liberal Matthew 6:2 - when Matthew 25:17 - he also Matthew 25:35 - I was an Mark 12:43 - That Luke 11:41 - rather Acts 12:25 - Barnabas Acts 24:17 - to bring 2 Corinthians 2:1 - I determined 2 Corinthians 8:3 - to 2 Corinthians 8:4 - the ministering Ephesians 5:16 - the days 1 Timothy 6:18 - ready Hebrews 6:10 - which Hebrews 10:24 - consider
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the disciples,.... That were at Antioch, every man according to his ability; whether rich or poor, master or servant, everyone according to the substance he was possessed of; whether more or less, which was a good rule to go by:
determined to send relief to the brethren which dwelt in Judea; either because that Agabus might have suggested, that the famine would be the severest in those parts; or because that the Christians there had parted with their substance already, in the support of one another, and for the spread of the Gospel in other parts; and therefore the Christians at Antioch, in gratitude to them for having received the Gospel, and Gospel ministers from them, resolved to help them with their temporal things, when in distress.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Then the disciples - The Christians at Antioch.
According to his ability - According as they had prospered. It does not imply that they were rich, but that they rendered such aid as they could afford.
Determined to send relief - This arose not merely from their general sense of obligation to aid the poor, but they felt themselves particularly bound to assist their Jewish brethren. The obligation to relieve the temporal needs of those from whom important spiritual mercies are received is repeatedly enforced in the New Testament. Compare Romans 15:25-27; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:1-2; Galatians 2:10.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 29. Then the disciples - determined to send relief — These were probably Gentile converts; and as they considered themselves receiving the spiritual blessings, which they now so happily enjoyed, through the means of the Christians in Judea, they resolved to communicate to them a portion of their temporal goods; and every man did this according to his ability, i.e. he gave a certain proportion of the property with which the providence of God had entrusted him. The community of goods had for some time ceased.
