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King James Bible - Acts 2:45

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:45

Y vendían las posesiones, y las haciendas, y las repartían a todos, seg�n la necesidad de cada uno.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 45. And sold their possessions and goods . etc.] Their houses and lands, their fields and vineyards, their goods, moveable or immoveable: and parted them to all men ; that were of their society, not to others: as every man had need : the rich sold their estates, and divided them among the poor, or gave them such a portion thereof as their present exigencies required. This was done by Jews, and by Jews only; who, when they embraced the Gospel of Christ, were informed that the destruction of their city, and nation, was at hand; and therefore they sold their estates before hand, and put them to this use; which was necessary to be done, both for the support of the Gospel in Judea, and for the carrying and spreading of it among the Gentiles: but is not to be drawn into a precedent, or an example in after times; nor is ever any such thing proposed to the Christian churches, or exhorted to by any of the apostles.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 42-47 - In these verses we have the history of the truly primitive church, or the first days of it; its state of infancy indeed, but, like that, the state of its greatest innocence. They kept close to holy ordinances and abounded in piety and devotion; for Christianity, when admitted is the power of it, will dispose the soul to communion with God in all those ways wherein he has appointed us to meet him, and has promised to meet us. The greatness of the event raised them above the world, an the Holy Ghost filled them with such love, as made every one to be to another as to himself, and so made all things common, not by destroying property, but doing away selfishness, and causing charity. And God wh moved them to it, knew that they were quickly to be driven from their possessions in Judea. The Lord, from day to day, inclined the hearts of more to embrace the gospel; not merely professors, but such as wer actually brought into a state of acceptance with God, being mad partakers of regenerating grace. Those whom God has designed for eternal salvation, shall be effectually brought to Christ, till the earth is filled with the knowledge of his glory __________________________________________________________________

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Greek Textus Receptus

και 2532 CONJ τα 3588 T-APN κτηματα 2933 N-APN και 2532 CONJ τας 3588 T-APF υπαρξεις 5223 N-APF επιπρασκον 4097 5707 V-IAI-3P και 2532 CONJ διεμεριζον 1266 5707 V-IAI-3P αυτα 846 P-APN πασιν 3956 A-DPM καθοτι 2530 ADV αν 302 PRT τις 5100 X-NSM χρειαν 5532 N-ASF ειχεν 2192 5707 V-IAI-3S

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Vincent's NT Word Studies

45. Possessions (kthmata). Landed property.

Goods (uparxeiv). Possessions in general; movables.

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Robertson's NT Word Studies

2:45 {Sold} (epipraskon). Imperfect active, a habit or custom from time to time. Old and common verb, pipraskw. {Parted} (diemerizon). Imperfect again of diamerizw, old verb for dividing or distributing between (dia) people. {According as any man had need} (kaqoti an tis creian eicen). Regular Greek idiom for comparative clause with an and imperfect indicative corresponding precisely with the three preceding imperfects (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 967).