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
πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν gesamt, ganz, all, jeder
ἐνδεής, ές arm, verarmt
ἐν in, auf, an, bei (mit D)
ὅσος, η, ον so groß
κτήτωρ, ορος, ὁ Eigentümer, Besitzer
χωρίον, ου, τό Stück Land, Feld
oder
οἰκία, ας, ἡ Haus
τιμή, ῆς, ἡ Ehre