Believers Had Everything in Common (Acts 4:32-37)

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This brief comment, on the way how the believers shared their possessions, pictures the social order in the early Christian community. This order is no doubt influenced by the fervent expectation of the coming of the kingdom of God. 

Vocabulary

Word Meaning
πλῆθος, ους, τό multitud
πιστεύω creer
καρδία, ας, ἡ corazón
ψυχή, ῆς, ἡ vida, persona, alma
λέγω decir
ἴδιος, α, ον propio, particular
ἀλλά pero, sine
ἅπας, ασα, αν todo, entero; todos (juntos)
κοινός, ή, όν común; comunitario
δύναμις, εως, ἡ poder, fuerza, milagro
ἀποδίδωμι dar
μαρτύριον, ου, τό testimonio; martirio
ἀνάστασις, εως, ἡ resurrección
κύριος, ου, ὁ Señor
Ἰησοῦς, οῦ, ὁ Jesús, Josué
χάρις, ιτος, ἡ gracia, favor
τέ y, así
ἐπί en, sobre (con G, D, A); por causa de (con D); contra (con A)