Acts 2:44
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
KJV
καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ πιστεύσαντες ἦσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ εἶχον ἅπαντα κοινά,
Greek NT
Omnes etiam qui credebant, erant pariter, et habebant omnia communia.
Vulgate
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
ASV
And all they that believed were together and had all things common.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κοινός
koinos
adjective · 14×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἅπας
apas
adjective · 42×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: πιστεύοντες | Treg/NIV/RP: πιστεύοντες | WH: πιστεύσαντες
- πιστεύοντες — SBLGNT
- πιστεύοντες — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- πιστεύσαντες — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἦσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ | Treg/NIV/RP: ἦσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ | WH: ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό
- ἦσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ — SBLGNT
- ἦσαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2178This practice of the Christian assembly dates from the beginnings of the apostolic age.112 The Letter to the Hebrews reminds the faithful "not to neglect to meet together, as is the habit of some, but to encourage one another."113 Tradition preserves the memory of an ever-timely exhortation: Come to Church early, approach the Lord, and confess your sins, repent in prayer.... Be…
When Peregrinus was imprisoned, the Christians rallied to his aid with extraordinary zeal. They brought food, money, and comfort, considering it a sacred duty. Lucian marvels at their generosity, noting that "their first lawgiver persuaded them that they are all brothers of one another." They share their goods in common and take care of their own with remarkable speed and devot…
Cross-references
- 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- 1Tim 6:18 — That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- Acts 4:23 — And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
- Acts 4:32 — And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
- Acts 4:32 — And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
- 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.
- Lev 25:6 — And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
- Luke 18:22 — Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
- Luke 19:8 — And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
- Luke 21:4 — For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
- Matt 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.