Acts 11:29
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New International Version (©2011)
The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So the disciples determined, everyone according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brethren living in Judea.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So all of the disciples decided they would send a contribution to the brothers living in Judea, as they were able,

NET Bible (©2006)
So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
But the disciples set aside, according to what each one of them had, to send for the service of the brethren who dwelt in Judea;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
All the disciples in Antioch decided to contribute whatever they could afford to help the believers living in Judea.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren who dwelt in Judea:

American King James Version
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers which dwelled in Judaea:

American Standard Version
And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea:

Darby Bible Translation
And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them;

English Revised Version
And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judaea:

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea.

Weymouth New Testament
So the disciples decided to send relief, every one in proportion to his means, to the brethren living in Judaea.

World English Bible
As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

Young's Literal Translation
and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

11:25-30 Hitherto the followers of Christ were called disciples, that is, learners, scholars; but from that time they were called Christians. The proper meaning of this name is, a follower of Christ; it denotes one who, from serious thought, embraces the religion of Christ, believes his promises, and makes it his chief care to shape his life by Christ's precepts and example. Hence it is plain that multitudes take the name of Christian to whom it does not rightly belong. But the name without the reality will only add to our guilt. While the bare profession will bestow neither profit nor delight, the possession of it will give both the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. Grant, Lord, that Christians may forget other names and distinctions, and love one another as the followers of Christ ought to do. True Christians will feel for their brethren under afflictions. Thus will fruit be brought forth to the praise and glory of God. If all mankind were true Christians, how cheerfully would they help one another! The whole earth would be like one large family, every member of which would strive to be dutiful and kind.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 29. - And for then, A.V.; that for which, A.V. This is the first example of the practice, so much encouraged by St. Paul, of the Gentile Churches contributing to the wants of the poor Christians of the mother Church of Jerusalem (Romans 15:25-27; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 2 Corinthians 9; Galatians 2:10, etc.).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the disciples,.... That were at Antioch,

every man according to his ability; whether rich or poor, master or servant, everyone according to the substance he was possessed of; whether more or less, which was a good rule to go by:

determined to send relief to the brethren which dwelt in Judea; either because that Agabus might have suggested, that the famine would be the severest in those parts; or because that the Christians there had parted with their substance already, in the support of one another, and for the spread of the Gospel in other parts; and therefore the Christians at Antioch, in gratitude to them for having received the Gospel, and Gospel ministers from them, resolved to help them with their temporal things, when in distress.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

29. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief, &c.—This was the pure prompting of Christian love, which shone so bright in those earliest days of the Gospel.

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The Church at Antioch
…28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. 29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers which dwelled in Judaea: 30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

John 2:2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
Acts 1:15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty)
Acts 6:1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
Acts 9:19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
Acts 9:25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
Acts 11:1 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 14:20 But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.
Acts 14:22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.
Acts 24:17 "After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings.