Kisah Para Rasul 4:32

Conditions Among the Early Believers

4:32 The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, ¹  and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. ² 

Kisah Para Rasul 9:11

9:11 Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ ³  and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

Kisah Para Rasul 25:26

25:26 But I have nothing definite ⁴  to write to my lord ⁵  about him. ⁶  Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, ⁷  so that after this preliminary hearing ⁸  I may have something to write.

[4:32]  ¹ tn Grk “soul.”

[4:32]  ² tn Grk “but all things were to them in common.”

[4:32]  sn Everything was held in common. The remark is not a reflection of political philosophy, but of the extent of their spontaneous commitment to one another. Such a response does not have the function of a command, but is reflective of an attitude that Luke commends as evidence of their identification with one another.

[9:11]  ³ sn The noting of the detail of the locale, ironically called ‘Straight’ Street, shows how directive and specific the Lord was.

[25:26]  ⁴ sn There is irony here. How can Festus write anything definite about Paul, if he is guilty of nothing.

[25:26]  ⁵ sn To my lord means “to His Majesty the Emperor.”

[25:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “about whom I have nothing definite…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced with a personal pronoun (“him”) and a new sentence begun in the translation at the beginning of v. 26.

[25:26]  ⁷ sn See the note on King Agrippa in 25:13.

[25:26]  ⁸ tn Or “investigation.” BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνάκρισις has “a judicial hearing, investigation, hearing, esp. preliminary hearing…τῆς ἀ. γενομένης Ac 25:26.” This is technical legal language.