According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 gold drachmas, 5,000 silver minas and 100 priestly tunics.
Acts 11:29 - Tree of Life Version So the disciples decided to send relief to those brothers and sisters living in Judea, each according to his ability. 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: |
According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 gold drachmas, 5,000 silver minas and 100 priestly tunics.
I said to them, “As much as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the nations. Now you also are selling your brothers so that they will be sold back to us?” Then they became silent and could not find anything to say.
In those days, Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (the number of names all together was about a hundred and twenty) and said,
Now the emissaries and brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met together with Messiah’s community and taught a large number. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christianoi.”
But while the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
They were strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in faith, and saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”
Now after several years, I came to bring tzadakah to my country for the poor and to present offerings.
No one among them was needy, for all who were owners of lands or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds
Now in those days, when the disciples were multiplying, grumbling arose among the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily support.
and when he had taken food, he was strengthened. Now for several days, he was with the disciples in Damascus.
But the disciples took Saul by night and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.
it does not behave inappropriately, it does not seek its own way, it is not provoked, it keeps no account of wrong,
They asked only that we remember the poor—something I also was eager to do.