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
γένος, ους, τό nation; kind
ἀγρός, οῦ, ὁ field
χρῆμα, τος, τό property, wealth; money
πρός towards; near, at, by (with A)
εἰς to; in (with A)
οὐδέ and not
μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα large, great
γάρ for
πωλέω sell