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Acts 2:45

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2:45and they began selling99 their property100 and possessions and distributing the proceeds101 to everyone, as anyone had need.

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Footnotes

  1. 99 The imperfect verb has been translated as an ingressive (“began …”). Since in context this is a description of the beginning of the community of believers, it is more likely that these statements refer to the start of various activities and practices that the early church continued for some time.
  2. 100 It is possible that the first term for property (κτήματα, ktēmata) refers to real estate (as later usage seems to indicate) while the second term (ὑπάρξεις, huparxeis) refers to possessions in general, but it may also be that the two terms are used together for emphasis, simply indicating that all kinds of possessions were being sold. However, if the first term is more specifically a reference to real estate, it foreshadows the incident with Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:1–11.
  3. 101 Grk “distributing them” (αὐτά, auta). The referent (the proceeds of the sales) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need.

NLTNew Living Translation

They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they began selling their possessions and property, and distributing these things to all, to the degree that anyone had need.

KJV 1900King James Version

And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.