Acts 4:29-37
4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to
their threats, and grant
to your servants
to speak your message
with great courage,
4:30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs
and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
4:31 When
they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken,
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak
the word of God
courageously.
Conditions Among the Early Believers
4:32 The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.
4:33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.
4:34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales
4:35 and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.
4:36 So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”),
4:37 sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles’ feet.