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The early Church and the Congregation of the Christian community was a sharing society which was persecuted because they would not apply to or pray for nor eat the free bread at the socialist tables of the rulers of Rome. They practiced Pure Religion according to the teachings of Abraham and Moses and their living altars. They did not seek the wages of unrighteousness provided by public religion.
There was the Church in the wilderness which was called out by Moses and then the there was the ekklesia of the Early Church appointed by Christ. Jesus took the kingdom of God away from the Pharisees and appointed it to His Little flock to bear fruit through a system of faith, hope, and charity and not through force, fear, and the fealty of the "world" which have always been a snare that degenerates the masses and brings tyranny and the cities of blood.
They were not socialists but a free society which was dependent upon individual choice under what Paul calls the perfect law of liberty.
What did it mean when they said in Acts 2:44 that they had All_things_common?
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A large number of people were in Jerusalem because they had heard of Jesus the Christ.
Anyone who got the Baptism of Christ would be kicked out of the welfare system of Corban set up by Herod and the Pharisees.
Thousands would come out at Pentecost and organize themselves as Christ commanded so that they could receive the bread that would rightly divided "from house to house".
The apostles would distribute free bread in a daily ministration to the needy in a network of tens, hundreds and thousands through Pure Religion as Christ commanded.
The Daily bread which was rightly "divided from house to house" was provide in the early Christian community by a Corbanus of fervent Charity. This practice of "Pure Religion" by the early Church was a part of the "daily ministration" we see in Acts 6 and could include "food, clothing, and support" translated "meat" in Acts 2:46[1]
As commanded by Christ it was not by way of the Corban of the Pharisees nor the "legal charity" of the world of Rome, FDR, nor LBJ which all make the word of God to none effect because they were covetous practices dependent upon "men who exercise authority one over the other" forbidden by Christ. Early Christians did not have an appetite for free bread of the "temples of the Roman State" and the habit of receiving those gifts, gratuities, and benefits at the expense of others, which as covetous practices will degenerate society.
Throughout God's word, from the Ten Commandments to Proverbs, from the Prophets to the Apostles we have been warned but the Modern Church and their "blind guides" have returned to the "bondage of Egypt", become human resources, and curse children with debt with their appetite for the "legal charity" of the welfare state.
Does your Daily bread come by faith, hope and charity, or by force?
Early Christians and the early Church did not apply nor pray to Rome nor the Caesars, who were the fathers of the earth and who called themselves Benefactors. They did not have an appetite for their free bread because they knew that those benefits and dainties were a snare and a trap and would make them "merchandise" and eventually curse children.
Understanding that the Corban of the Pharisees was a socialist system set up by Herod and the baptism of those those priests who used force and who were greedy for gain. Jesus "denounced" their system because it was a table which claimed to be for your welfare but was a "snare and a trap" and would not set the captive free like The Way of Christ.
When the people consent to the systems of government that have "one purse" those systems of socialism will bring "the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm" spoken of in Joel 2:25. Christ came to restore everyman unto his possession, and unto his family.[2]
The bondage of Egypt[3] was a socialists system where a portion of the labor of everyman was taken by force[4] Christ came top Jerusalem to build a house of charity supported by "freewill offerings".[5]
Clearly John the Baptist offered a different Baptism than Herod and the Pharisees who were making the word of God to no effect with their system of sacrifice. And Jesus forbid his followers from being like those socialist and communist governments who claim to be benefactors of the masses but exercise authority one over the other.[6]
Acts 2:28-31 correlates to verses in Joel 2:28-32 where The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit upon those people who repent of the "covetous practices" like Democratic Socialism where the people "bite one another" until they are devoured as "merchandise" and "curse children".
All Common
V44 "And all that believed were together, and had all things common;" the word translated "all things" is ἅπαντα hapanta[7] which actually means "all" while the first word all which we see in the sentence is Πάντες, pantes meaning "Everybody" from pas[8] which means collectively as each individual. What they had in common was the belief that men should live by charity and love and not by force through men who exercise authority one over the other which you find in the socialist State..
V45 "And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need." We know that the apostles were taking care of the needy, receiving the freewill offerings or sacrificed of the people and in the vey next verse they are rightly dividing the bread from house to house. Yet people want to be live that early Christians were socialist and that Jesus was preaching some form of socialism by taking Act 2:44 out of the context of all His other teachings and the whole Bible.


The Coming of the Holy Spirit

1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Witnessed by many people

5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

Peter Speaks at Pentecost

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;[9]

As Joel predicted

17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy[10], and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:[9]
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:[11]
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

Received the promise

32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Conscience awakens

37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

The Fellowship of the Believers

42 And they continued stedfastly[12][13] in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs(τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα, térata kaí simeía) were done by the apostles.

Not Socialism

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common[14];
45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
46 And they, continuing[12][13] daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house[15], did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.


What the Modern Church misses

These last four verses of Acts 2 seem to impose a difficulty to modern theologians and the translators that serve their interests. We examine verse 44 at All things common.

We have seen in verse 42 the word proskarterountes (προσκαρτεροῦντες) is translated steadfastly continuing[12] while in verse 46 the same word is seen as continuing daily because of the terms καθ' ἡμέραν τε προσκαρτεροῦντες.

The verse suggest that the apostles were breaking bread but for what purpose.

Lamentations 4:4 "The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] unto them."

This was about the table of the Lord that set the captive freer rather than those tables which were a snare and a trap. This was not just about a religious ritual where people share crumbs of bread but it was about Pure Religion where Christians "were partaking[16] food"[17] that kept them alive through a daily ministration of love and sacrifice.

The word klōntes[18]means more that just separating a piece of bread like Christ did at the lat supper.

Acts 20:11 "When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed."

When Paul went up again to break bread we see the words klasas then arton (κλάσας τὸν ἄρτον). This is fairly reasonable this was merely sharing a meal. In Acts 27:35 "And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken [it], he began to eat. 36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took [some] meat. 37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls."

Paul urged people to eat during the shipwreck, and yes he broke some bread, klasas (κλάσας) but it is very clear this instance of a meal was for physical nourishment although the same verb klao (κλάω) is used.

The Christian conclusion

Understanding that the "breaking bread from house to house" and eating their "meat with gladness and singleness of heart" was about the social welfare that replaced the Corban of the Pharisees with the Corban of Christ, the legal charity of Caesar with the fervent charity of the Early Christians.

When we are willing to see that the altars of clay and stone and the practice of religion was about feeding the needy through faith, hope, and charity, then communion becomes far more than a "crumb" or wafer.

We certainly see that with Justin the Martyr's apology.[19]

If you couple that truth with the knowledge that Nimrod was a mighty provider like Pharaoh, Caesar, Herod, and FDR but they depended upon their ability to "exercise authority one over the other" and forcing the contribution of the masses through the covetous practices of legal charity then it should become apparent how the way of Christ was coming in conflict with the Pharisees and eventually with the people of the other nations.

Add to these facts and the psychology of Polybius and becomes clearer who the destroyers of freedom really are today. He and many others have made the inevitability of tyranny abundantly clear concerning "an appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force" we should know that those people who grow "accustomed to feed at the expense of others and to depend for their livelihood on the property of others" will eventually "degenerate again" finding "once more a master and monarch."

Without a daily ministration of pure Religion people will lose their freedom and without repentance and a return to the righteousness of God and the perfect law of liberty they will not be free.

Looking at the Greek

Acts2:46'(label)
καθ' ἡμέραν τε προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, κλῶντές τε κατ' οἶκον ἄρτον, μετελάμβανον τροφῆς ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ ἀφελότητι καρδίας,
And they, continuing[12] daily with one accord in the temple[20], and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
One phrase at a time
καθ' ἡμέραν τε προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, κλῶντές τε κατ' οἶκον ἄρτον,
kath' hēmeran te proskartereo[12] homothymadon - en to hierō[20] klōntes[18] te kat' oikon arton[21],
every day and - steadfastly continuing with one accord - in the temple breaking[18] then at each house - bread[21]
And they daily, continuing[12] with one accord in the temple[20], and breaking bread[21]
Section 2
μετελάμβανον τροφῆς ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ ἀφελότητι καρδίας,
metelambanon[16] trophēs[17] en agalliasei kai aphelotēti[22] kardias,
they were partaking[16] food[17] with gladness and sincerity[22] of heart,
from house to house, did eat their meat[17] with gladness and singleness[22] of heart,

Comma or not

This Acts 2, verse 46 is consistent in the different codex with one comma added in the Greek Orthodox Church version.[23] Just adding a comma can cause some confusion to say nothing of some of the unique words used by Christians to describe what these peculiar people were actually doing. But in the true context of what Moses and Jesus were saying the translations are often less of a struggle.

Here we can see modern translators struggling with these terms.


ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ 2:46 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort 1881 ( κλῶντές τε without comma)

  • καθ' ἡμέραν τε προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ,
κλῶντές τε κατ' οἶκον ἄρτον,
μετελάμβανον τροφῆς ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ ἀφελότητι καρδίας,
  • kath' omeran te proskarteroschedes amothymadan an t ierra,
klintes te kat' oscon crton,
metelambanon trofhas an egalliasei kao ofelotiti kardias,
  • Bing: On the day they were anxious to remember in the air,
crying or crying according to the bread,
partaking of food to rejoice and benefit their hearts,
  • Google: day by day, praying with one accord in the sanctuary,
breaking bread from house to house,
taking food with gladness and indolence of heart,
  • Deeple: And all the day long they worshipped in the temple,
and worshipped the bread of the house,
and took food in the joy and foolishness of the heart,


ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ 2:46 Greek NT: Greek Orthodox Church ( κλῶντές τε, with comma)

  • καθ’ ἡμέραν τε προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ,
κλῶντές τε,
κατ’ οἶκον ἄρτον,
μετελάμβανον τροφῆς ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ ἀφελότητι καρδίας,
  • kath' omeran te proskarteroschedes amothymadan an t ierra,
klintes te,
kat' oscon crton,
metelambanon trofhas an egalliasei kao ofelotiti kardias,
  • Bing: On the day when they were eager to remember in the air,
they were calling,
according to the Lord,
partaking of food to rejoice and benefit the heart,
  • Google: day by day,
praying with one accord in the sanctuary,
breaking bread from house to house,
taking food with gladness and indolence of heart,
  • Deepl: And all the day long they worshipped in the temple[24],
and clothed themselves with bread according to the house[25],
and took food (food-transferring) in rejoicing and foolishness of heart,
in gladness and foolishness of heart,


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  1. ↑ "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart," Acts 2:46 The word in the text translated "meat" is the Greek word "trophé " 5160 Commonly translated food, nourishment, and support. And accepted literally and figuratively by implication, rations (wages), food, meals, and meat.
  2. ↑ Leviticus 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
  3. ↑ Bondage of Egypt
    Deuteronomy 6:12 [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
    Deuteronomy 17:16 "But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way."
    1 Samuel 8:11 "And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take ...take...take...take...take...take...take... 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day."
    2 Kings 17:23 "Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day."
    Jeremiah 42:13 "But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die..."
    Acts 7:38 "This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us :39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,"
    Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
  4. ↑ Exodus 20:2 I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  5. ↑ Ezra 1:3 Who [is there] among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he [is] the God,) which [is] in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.
  6. ↑ Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  7. ↑ 537 ἅπας hapas [hap’-as] from 1 (as a particle of union) and 3956 individually coming together; adj; TDNT-5:886,795; [{See TDNT 604 }] AV-all 34, all things 5, whole 3, every one 1, every 1; 44
    1) quite, all, the whole, all together, all
  8. ↑ 3956 ~πᾶς~ pas \@pas\@ including all the forms of declension; adj AV-all 748, all things 170, every 117, all men 41, whosoever 31, everyone 28, whole 12, all manner of 11, every man 11, no + 3756 9, every thing 7, any 7, whatsoever 6, whosoever + 3739 + 302 3, always + 1223 3, daily + 2250 2, any thing 2, no + 3361 2, not tr 7, misc 26; 1243
    1) individually
    1a) each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything
    2) collectively
    2a) some of all types
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call." Joel 2:28-32
  10. ↑ New Prophet
    Acts 2:17 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:"
    2 Peter 1:21 "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost."
    2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"
    Acts 10:45 "And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost."
    Titus 3:5 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;"
  11. ↑ Matthew 24:29; also Isaiah 13:10; Ezekiel 32:7.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 4342 ~προσκαρτερέω~ proskartereo \@pros-kar-ter-eh’-o\@ from the preposition pros and kartereo meaning steadfast; TDNT-3:618,417; {See TDNT 361} v AV-continue 4, continue instant 1, continue steadfastly 1, attend continually 1, give (one’s) self continually 1, wait on 1, wait on continually 1; 10
    1) to adhere to one, be his adherent, to be devoted or constant to one
    2) to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care to a thing
    3) to continue all the time in a place
    4) to persevere and not to faint
    5) to show one’s self courageous for
    6) to be in constant readiness for one, wait on constantly
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Persevere continually
    Mark 3:9 "And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on <4342> him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him."
    Acts 1:14 "These all continued <4342> with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren."
    Acts 2:42 "And they continued stedfastly <4342> in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."
    Acts 2:46 "And they, continuing <4342> daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,"
    Acts 6:4 "But we will give ourselves continually <4342> to prayer, and to the ministry of the word."
    Acts 8:13 "Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued <4342> with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done."
    Acts 10:7 "And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on <4342> him continually <4342>;"
    Romans 12:12 "Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant <4342> in prayer;"
    Romans 13:6 "For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually <4342> upon this very thing."
    Colossians 4:2 "Continue <4342> in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"
    Ephesians 6:18 "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance<4343> and supplication for all saints;"
  14. ↑ All you have
    Luke 14:33 “So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.”
    Luke 18:22 "Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me."
    Acts 2:42 47 "And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved."
    Acts 4:32 "And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common."
    Numbers 3:12 "And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;"
    Numbers 3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD."
    Numbers 8:14 "Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine."
    Leviticus 25:10 "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family."
    Leviticus 25:41 "And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return."
  15. ↑ Feast
    Numbers 29:6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
    Deuteronomy 15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
    Ezra 3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as [it is] written, and [offered] the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
    Esther 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
    Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
    Luke 9:23 And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
    Luke 11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
    Luke 14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
    Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
    Hebrews 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
    James 2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
    Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 3335 μεταλαμβάνω metalambano [met-al-am-ban’-o] from 3326 with and 2983 take; v; TDNT-4:10,495; [{See TDNT 424 }] AV-be partaker 2, eat 1, have 1, take 1, receive 1; 6
    1) to be or to be made a partner
    2) to partake of, take [some] food
    3) of a thing, to get, find (a whole)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 5160 ~τροφή~ trophe \@trof-ay’\@ from 5142; ; n f AV-meat 11, food 2, some meat 2, not tr 1; 16
    1) food, nourishment
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 2806 κλάω klao [klah’-o] a primary verb; v; TDNT-3:726,437; [{See TDNT 389 }] AV-break 15; 15
    1) to break
    1a) used in the NT of the breaking of bread or communion
    • See in Acts 2:46 κλῶντές klōntes(Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine) can mean not just break but to a branch off or as in “κλών a twig, spray etc. (Liddell & Scott) suggesting distribution.
  19. ↑ “And the wealthy among us help the needy ... and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.” "Justin the Martyr's Apology" to the Emperor Antonius Pius in 150 AD, (Ch. 65-67)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 2411 ἱερόν hieron [hee-er-on’] from 2413 hieros sacred or consecrated; n n; TDNT-3:230,349; [{See TDNT 325 }] AV-temple 71; 71
    1) a sacred place, temple
    1a) used of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus
    1b) used of the temple at Jerusalem
    • The temple of Jerusalem consisted of the whole of the sacred enclosure, embracing the entire aggregate of buildings, balconies, porticos, courts (that is that of the men of Israel, that of the women, and that of the priests), belonging to the temple; the latter designates the sacred edifice properly so called, consisting of two parts, the "sanctuary" or "Holy Place" (which no one except the priests was allowed to enter), and the "Holy of Holies" or "the most holy place" (which was entered only on the great day of atonement by the high priest alone). Also there were the courts where Jesus or the apostles taught or encountered adversaries, and the like, "in the temple"; also the courts of the temple, of the Gentiles, out of which Jesus drove the buyers and sellers and the money changers, court of the women.
    • see Temples and their purpose
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 740 ἄρτος artos [ar’-tos] from 142 airo "take up, take away"; n m; TDNT-1:477,80; [{See TDNT 101 }] AV-bread 72, loaf 23, shewbread + 4286 + 3588 4; 99
    1) food composed of flour mixed with water and baked
    1a) the Israelites made it in the form of an oblong or round cake, as thick as one’s thumb, and as large as a plate or platter hence it was not to be cut but broken
    1b) loaves were consecrated to the Lord
    1c) of the bread used at the love-feasts and at the Lord’s Table
    2) food of any kind
    • 5160 trophe, food; 1035 brosis, food; 106 azumos, unleavened bread, metaphor "free from faults or the "leaven of iniquity""; azimos is from 2219 zume, also a metaphor "of inveterate mental and moral corruption, viewed in its tendency to infect others." Zume is from 2204 zeo fervent in anger or spirit.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 858 ἀφελότης aphelotes [af-el-ot’-ace] from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and therefore the opposite of phelleus, "rocky land"), i.e. smoothness (a level plain); (figuratively) what is uncomplicated and unencumbered, i.e. without hindrances or stumblingblocks (J. Thayer); n f; AV-singleness 1; 1
    1) simplicity, singleness. See Acts 2:46
    ἀφελότης can be translated today as innocent or naivety being the negative form of φελότης which can mean mischief but ophelos 3786 Οφελος means benefit, "The noun οφελος (ophelos) describes an advantageous gain or furtherance of an increase of some specified dynamic accumulation... or a payment joining a treasury (1 Corinthians 15:32, James 2:14 and 2:16 only). It comes from the verb οφελλω (ophello), meaning to aid, increase or enlarge... The verb οφειλω (opheilo) means to owe or be indebted — whether payment against a debt or proper behavior against a norm: to ought." Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary: The New Testament Greek word: οφελος
    • See also aphesis ἄφεσις 859 release from bondage or imprisonment, forgiveness
  23. ↑ Acts 2:43-47 Greek Orthodox Church text
    • Ἐγένετο δὲ πάσῃ ψυχῇ φόβος, πολλά τε τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα διὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐγίνετο. 44 πάντες δὲ οἱ πιστεύσαντες ἦσαν(‹ἦσαν› ēsan, were) ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ εἶχον ἅπαντα κοινά, 45 καὶ τὰ κτήματα καὶ τὰς ὑπάρξεις ἐπίπρασκον καὶ διεμέριζον αὐτὰ πᾶσι(Westcott-Hort, πᾶσιν) καθότι ἄν τις χρείαν εἶχε· 46 καθ’ ἡμέραν τε προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, κλῶντές τε, κατ’ οἶκον ἄρτον, μετελάμβανον τροφῆς ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ ἀφελότητι καρδίας, 47 αἰνοῦντες τὸν Θεὸν καὶ ἔχοντες χάριν πρὸς ὅλον τὸν λαόν. ὁ δὲ Κύριος προσετίθει τοὺς σῳζομένους καθ’ ἡμέραν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ.
    • Egéneto dé pási psychí fóvos, pollá te térata kaí simeía diá tón apostólon egíneto. 44 pántes dé oi pistéfsantes ísan(1510 ‹ἦσαν› ēsan, were) epí tó aftó kaí eíchon ápanta koiná, 45 kaí tá ktímata kaí tás ypárxeis epípraskon kaí diemérizon aftá pási(3956 πᾶς pas) kathóti án tis chreían eíche: 46 kath’ iméran te proskarteroúntes omothymadón en tó ieró, klóntés te, kat’ oíkon árton, metelámvanon trofís en agalliásei kaí afelótiti kardías, 47 ainoúntes tón Theón kaí échontes chárin prós ólon tón laón. o dé Kýrios prosetíthei toús sozoménous kath’ iméran tí ekklisía.
    • But fear arose in every soul, many monsters(wonders) and signs happened to the apostles. 44 and all the believers were on it and had everything in common, 45 and the estates and the possessions were collected and distributed to all as if they needed them; 46 day by day you worship with one another in the sanctuary, breaking bread from house to house, taking food with gladness and humility of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. But the Lord adds those who are resurrected daily to the church.
  24. ↑ Alternative: daily worshipping in the sanctuary
  25. ↑ Alternative: And they clothed themselves according to their own kind, or “and stretched out in the house of bread”
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