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Sharing among Believers

Acts 4:37

In 9 translations

BSB
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
KJV
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
WEB
having a field, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
ASV
having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
LSV
a field being his, having sold [it], brought the money and laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.
YLT
a field being his, having sold [it], brought the money and laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.
DBY
being possessed of land, having sold [it], brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.
DRC
Having land, sold it, and brought the price, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.
GNV
Where as he had land, solde it, and brought the money, and laid it downe at the Apostles feete.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27 read πρὸς (“at”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read παρὰ (“by”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: παρὰ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read παρὰ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πρὸς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὑπάρχοντος αὐτῷ ἀγροῦ πωλήσας ἤνεγκεν τὸ χρῆμα καὶ ἔθηκεν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων.
RP2018
ὑπάρχοντος αὐτῷ ἀγροῦ, πωλήσας ἤνεγκεν τὸ χρῆμα, καὶ ἔθηκεν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων.
TR-Boyd
ὑπάρχοντος αὐτῷ ἀγροῦ, πωλήσας ἤνεγκε τὸ χρῆμα, καὶ ἔθηκε παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων.
SCR1894
υπαρχοντος αυτω αγρου πωλησας ηνεγκεν το χρημα και εθηκεν παρα τους ποδας των αποστολων

Who and where

◆ Believers share all things

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 4:34–35There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
  • Matthew 19:29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
  • Acts 5:1–2Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 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’…

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