Moreover, the candor of those who brought the profit from the sale of their possessions was matched by the honesty of those who distributed it. Trustworthiness in money-managers is rare. Here distribution was made without respect of persons according to the need of each.

The stone means Christ Himself; the builders are the teachers of the Jews who rejected Him as if He were useless. But when He rose from the dead, He was set in place as the head of the corner, that is, He became the head of the Church, joining Jews and Gentiles in one faith. For as the stone which forms the corner of a building makes continuous the walls…

Peter and John, with others, used to go together to the temple towards the ninth hour as the day began to decline. This is a time when other people, already drunk, usually play or sleep; it had become the custom of the apostles, however, to be free for holy prayers, fasting until evening. The two princes of the apostolic order went forth without horse or…

They were not able to keep the dead Jesus in the tomb- and they try to entomb a name, though a name is something that invariably becomes better known after death.

John and Alexander, then foremost among the priests, and finally all who belonged to the priestly class, in which at that time the higher each member was in authority, the more wicked he was. Such anxious diligence on the part of the chief men itself clearly proves that this was no ordinary affair they were concerned to restrain.

Joseph, to whom the apostles gave the surname Barnabas, which in Aramaic means 'son of consolation

Ananais corresponded all to little to his name, because he himself responded all to little to the grace of God. He had a wife Sapphira, a woman like her husband.

He had been born lame, and he had displayed his debility for so many years as a beggar that no one could say in slander that this deformity was simulated or insignificant.

He had asked for a donation; he expected a donation. He did not dare to beg that his legs be made whole, since he had no hope that they could do this. And yet he had a feeling that something good was about to happen.

Until now, the Law has held sway among the Jews. It is the Father's will that the reign of the Gospel extend as widely as the world extends.

And yet, even in the meantime a spiritual kingdom will thrust itself forth. In vindicating and protecting this kingdom, God demands their service, as for the rewards, let them be his concern. So they are to give up their desiree to know what they should not know; prepare themselves for events that lie at hand.

Now when they were at the portico of Solomon in which Jesus, that true Solomon, used to walk and where sometimes he disputed with the Pharaisees. The novelty of the event had struck the minds of all.