Acts 4:37

Acts 4:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
• New International Version (NIV)sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.
• English Standard Version (ESV)sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
• New King James Version (NKJV)having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Context of Acts 4:37

35to the apostles. Then the money was distributed to anyone who needed it. 36Joseph, a descendant of Levi, had been born on the island of Cyprus. The apostles called him Barnabas, which means “a person who encourages.” He had some land. He sold it and turned the money over to the apostles.

Acts 4:37 word by word

ὑπάρχοντος αὐτῷ ἀγροῦ, πωλήσας ἤνεγκεν τὸ χρῆμα καὶ ἔθηκεν πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Havingὑπάρχωhuparchō · be alreadyG5225
• landἀγρόςagros · fieldG68
• soldπωλέωpōleō · to sellG4453
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• broughtφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• the moneyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the moneyχρῆμαchrēma · moneyG5536
• laidτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• atπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• the apostles’ἀπόστολοςapostolos · apostleG652
• feetπούςpous · footG4228

Cross-references for Acts 4:37

• Acts 4:34None of them needed anything. From time to time, people sold land or houses and brought the money
• Acts 5:1A man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira sold some property.
• Matthew 19:29And everyone who gave up homes, brothers or sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

Commentaries on Acts 4:37

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-37Verses 32-37 The disciples loved one another. This was the blessed fruit of Christ's dying precept to his disciples, and his dying prayer for them. Thus it was then, and it will be so again, when the Spirit shall be poured upon us from on high. The doctrine preached was the resurrection of Christ; a matter of fact, which being duly explained, was a summary of all the duties, privileges, and comforts of Christians. There were evident fruits of Christ's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-37Barnabas is presented as an example of generous and unselfish giving in response to real needs in the Christian community.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3731-37. place was shaken--glorious token of the commotion which the Gospel was to make (Ac 17:6; compare Ac 16:26), and the overthrow of all opposing powers in which this was to issue. they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and spake, &c.--The Spirit rested upon the entire community, first, in the very way they had asked, so that they "spake the word with boldness" (Ac 4:29, 31); next, in melting down all selfishness, and absorbing even the feeling of…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 4:37

• Alms
• Barnabas
• Beneficence
• Communism
• Liberality
• Self-Denial

In the dictionaries

• Ananias
• Barnabas
• Counsel
• Hold
• Mary
• Notable
• Possess
• Threaten
• Threatening
• Acts of the Apostles

Commentaries on Acts 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings