Those people gave as much as they were able. These are the things those people gave for building the temple: 1,100 pounds {\cf2\super [8]} of gold, 3 tons {\cf2\super [9]} of silver, and 100 coats that priests wear.
Acts 11:29 - Easy To Read Version The believers decided that they would all try to help their brothers and sisters who lived in Judea. Each believer planned to send them as much as he could. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the disciples resolved to send relief, each according to his individual ability [in proportion as he had prospered], to the brethren who lived in Judea. American Standard Version (1901) And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judæa: Common English Bible The disciples decided they would send support to the brothers and sisters in Judea, with everyone contributing to this ministry according to each person’s abundance. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the disciples declared, according to what each one possessed, what they would offer to be sent to the brothers living in Judea. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea: |
Those people gave as much as they were able. These are the things those people gave for building the temple: 1,100 pounds {\cf2\super [8]} of gold, 3 tons {\cf2\super [9]} of silver, and 100 coats that priests wear.
And I said to those people, “Our Jewish brothers were sold as slaves to people in other countries. We did our best to buy them back and make them free. And now, you are selling them like slaves again!”
It was the same with the servant that had two bags of money. That servant invested the money and earned two more.
After a few days there was a meeting of the believers. (There were about 120 of them.) Peter stood up and said,
The apostles {\cf2\super [218]} and the brothers (other believers) in Judea heard that non-Jewish people had accepted God’s teaching too.
When he found Saul, Barnabas brought him to Antioch. Saul and Barnabas stayed there a whole year. Every time the group of believers came together, Saul and Barnabas met with them and taught many people. In Antioch the followers \{of Jesus\} were called “Christians” for the first time.
But the followers \{of Jesus in Antioch\} were happy and full of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [281]}
The followers \{of Jesus\} gathered around Paul and he got up and went back into the town. The next day, he and Barnabas left and went to the city of Derbe.
In those cities Paul and Barnabas made the followers \{of Jesus\} stronger. They helped them to stay in the faith. Paul and Barnabas said, “We must suffer many things on our way into God’s kingdom.”
“I was away \{from Jerusalem\} for many years. I went back there to bring money to my people and to give some offerings (gifts).
They all received the things they needed. Everyone that owned fields (land) or houses sold them for money. They brought the money
More and more people were becoming followers of Jesus. But during this same time, the Greek-speaking followers had an argument with the other Jewish followers. They said that their widows {\cf2\super [107]} were not getting their share of the things that the followers received every day.
One night some followers that Saul had taught helped him leave the city. The followers put Saul in a basket. They put the basket through a hole in the city wall and lowered him down.
Love is not rude, love is not selfish, and love does not become angry easily. Love does not remember wrongs done against it.
They asked us to do only one thing—to remember to help the poor people. And this was something that I really wanted to do.