 Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.  The Ancient Library of Qumran - Page 170by Frank Moore Cross - 1995 - 204 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Oliver O'Donovan - 1994 - 310 pages
...which Saint Luke paints at the beginning of Acts (4:32ff.) confirms this impression. Those who believed were 'of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common'. What sense is to be given to this... | |
 | David Luban - 1997 - 424 pages
...and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need."138 "Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common."139 "There was not a needy person... | |
 | John Rodman Williams - 1996 - 1466 pages
...Spirit" (v. 31), their unity is powerfully described in this way: "Now the company of those who believed urn back" (132:11). The ratification of the covenant could not pos which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common" (v. 32). Again the commonality of... | |
 | Jürgen Moltmann - 1997 - 178 pages
...with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with rejoicing. Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common. And with great power the apostles... | |
 | Joan S. Gray, Joyce C. Tucker - 1998 - 228 pages
...influenced the first Christians in their use of possessions: Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed were his own, but they had everything in common. . . . There was not a needy person... | |
 | Trevor John Saxby - 1998 - 24 pages
...justice and love. And all who believed were together and had all things in common (Acts 2:44). They were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common. There was not a needy person among... | |
 | J. A. Fernández-Santamaría - 1998 - 240 pages
...their paradigmatic use of Apostolic custom. The first (4:32)— "Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common" — Vives interprets in the sense... | |
 | Michael A. Hayes, Liam Gearon - 1999 - 542 pages
...pooling of material possessions in the early Church in Jerusalem: 'The company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common' (Acts 4:32). The experiment seems... | |
 | Letty M. Russell, Margaret A. Farley, Serene Jones - 1999 - 284 pages
...messianic equality by setting aside the order of private property: "Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common. ... There was not a needy person... | |
 | Phyllis Zagano - 1999 - 192 pages
...love, being in full accord and of one mind." (Philippians 2,1-2) "Now the company of those who beheved were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had every thing in common." (Acts 4,32) This atmosphere of... | |
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