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Acts 11:29

Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

KJV

τῶν δὲ μαθητῶν καθὼς εὐπορεῖτό τις ὥρισαν ἕκαστος αὐτῶν εἰς διακονίαν πέμψαι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἀδελφοῖς·

Greek NT

Discipuli autem, prout quis habebat, proposuerunt singuli in ministerium mittere habitantibus in Judæa fratribus :

Vulgate

And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judæa:

ASV

And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διακονία
diakonia
noun · 34×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐπορέω
euporeo
verb · 1×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
κατοικέω
katoikeo
verb · 45×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
πέμπω
pempo
verb · 79×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἕκαστος
ekastos
adjective · 84×
Ἰουδαία
ioudaia
noun · 43×
o
article · 19778×
ὁρίζω
orizo
verb · 8×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. At all times indeed, but especially then when I reflect upon the achievements of the saints, it comes over me to feel despondency concerning my own condition, because we have not even in dreams experienced the things among which those men spent their whole lives, not paying the penalty of sins, but always doing rightly and yet always afflicted. For consider, I beseech you, E…
1. Caius had held the power not quite four years, when he was succeeded by the emperor Claudius. Under him the world was visited with a famine, which writers that are entire strangers to our religion have recorded in their histories. And thus the prediction of Agabus recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, Acts 11:28 according to which the whole world was to be visited by a famin…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 13:5 — Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
  • 1Cor 16:1 — Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
  • 2Cor 8:2 — How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
  • 2Cor 8:3 — For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
  • 2Cor 8:4 — Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
  • 2Cor 8:12 — For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
  • 2Cor 9:1 — For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
  • Acts 2:45 — And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
  • Acts 12:25 — And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
  • Acts 24:17 — Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
  • Gal 2:10 — Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
  • Gal 2:10 — Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
  • Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
  • Heb 10:24 — And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
  • Heb 13:5 — Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Lev 25:35 — And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
  • Matt 25:35 — For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
  • Prov 11:24 — There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
  • Rom 15:25 — But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
  • Song 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink ab