Acts 4:37
New International Version
sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.

New Living Translation
He sold a field he owned and brought the money to the apostles.

English Standard Version
sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Berean Standard Bible
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Berean Literal Bible
having sold a field he owns, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

King James Bible
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

New King James Version
having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

New American Standard Bible
owned a tract of land. So he sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

NASB 1995
and who owned a tract of land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

NASB 1977
and who owned a tract of land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Legacy Standard Bible
and who owned a field, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Amplified Bible
sold a field belonging to him and brought the money and set it at the apostles’ feet.

Christian Standard Bible
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

American Standard Version
having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Had a field, and he sold it and brought its price and laid it before the Apostles' feet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Having land, sold it, and brought the price, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

English Revised Version
having a field, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He had some land. He sold it and turned the money over to the apostles.

Good News Translation
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and turned it over to the apostles.

International Standard Version
sold a field that belonged to him, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Literal Standard Version
a field being his, having sold [it], brought the money and laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.

Majority Standard Bible
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

New American Bible
sold a piece of property that he owned, then brought the money and put it at the feet of the apostles.

NET Bible
sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles' feet.

New Revised Standard Version
He sold a field that belonged to him, then brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

New Heart English Bible
having a field, sold it, and brought the money and put it at the apostles' feet.

Webster's Bible Translation
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Weymouth New Testament
sold a farm which he had, and brought the money and gave it to the Apostles.

World English Bible
having a field, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Young's Literal Translation
a field being his, having sold it, brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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Context
Sharing among Believers
36Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement), 37sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Cross References
Acts 2:44
All the believers were together and had everything in common.

Acts 4:35
and lay them at the apostles' feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.

Acts 5:1
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

Acts 5:2
With his wife's full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles' feet.


Treasury of Scripture

Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

sold.

Acts 4:34,35
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, …

Acts 5:1,2
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, …

Matthew 19:29
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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Acts 4
1. The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon,
3. imprison him and John.
5. After, upon examination
8. Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus,
11. and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved,
13. they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name,
23. whereupon the church flees to prayer.
31. And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer;
34. confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity.














(37) Having land, sold it.--Better, perhaps, having a farm. (See Notes on Mark 5:14; Mark 6:36; Mark 6:56.) In the original polity of Israel the Levites had cities and land in common, but no private property (Numbers 18:20-21; Deuteronomy 10:8-9, et al.), and depended for their support upon the tithes paid by the people. The case of Jeremiah, however (Jeremiah 32:7-12), shows that there was nothing to hinder priest or Levite from becoming the possessor of land by purchase or inheritance. The position of Barnabas's sister Mary shows that she, also, was wealthy, and, though she did not sell her house, she, too, did not call it her own, but gave it up for the public use of the community. The self-chosen poverty of Barnabas led him afterwards to act as St. Paul did in working for his livelihood (1Corinthians 9:6). It will not be out of place on this first mention of the name of a new disciple to note a few others whose membership of the Church dated probably from this period; Mnason, the "old disciple" of Acts 21:16, of Cyprus, and probably, therefore, a friend of Barnabas; Andronicus and Junia (or, more probably, Junias, as a man's name), in some sense kinsmen of St. Paul, who were "in Christ" before him (Romans 16:7), and whom we find afterwards at Rome; the seven who in Acts 6:5 are prominent enough to be chosen as representatives of the Hellenistic members of the Church; Agabus (Acts 11:28), Judas, and Silas (Acts 15:32). The last three, however, as being "prophets," may have been among the number of the Seventy; and, possibly, if we follow a fairly early tradition, Stephen and Philip among the Seven. (See Note on Luke 10:1.) We again note the absence of any measure of the interval between the events of this chapter and the history that follows. The picture of the peaceful expansion of the Church's life implies, probably, as in Acts 2:41-47, one of several months. . . . Verse 37. - A field for land, A.V.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
sold
πωλήσας (pōlēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4453: To sell, exchange, barter. Probably ultimately from pelomai; to barter, i.e. To sell.

a field
ἀγροῦ (agrou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 68: From ago; a field; genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. Hamlet.

he
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

owned,
ὑπάρχοντος (hyparchontos)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5225: To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb).

brought
ἤνεγκεν (ēnenken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

money,
χρῆμα (chrēma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5536: Money, riches, possessions. Something useful or needed, i.e. Wealth, price.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

laid [it]
ἔθηκεν (ethēken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.

at
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

apostles’
ἀποστόλων (apostolōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 652: From apostello; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ.

feet.
πόδας (podas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4228: The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'.


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