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Acts 4:37

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What does Acts 4:37 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles` feet.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles` feet.
Acts 4:37 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
34For neither was there among them any that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35and laid them at the apostles` feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.
36And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
37having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles` feet.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Having land, sold it, etc.] Whether this was in Cyprus, or in Judea, is not certain; nor how he came by it, whether he had bought it, as the priests and Levites might, and as Jeremiah, who was of the priests, bought a field at Anathoth, (<243209>Jeremiah 32:9) or, whether it was his wife’s dowry; for the Levites had nothing by inheritance: they had forty two cities, and the six cities of refuge to dwell in, and the field of the suburbs of these cities; which field or land was never to be sold, but to be a perpetual possession, (<032534>Leviticus 25:34) but now the ceremonial law was abolished, and this precept was not attended to, if the land was of this sort. Moreover, the Jewish doctors…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Having an estate - Probably of considerable value. It is not unlikely that it was in Cyprus. Being a Levite, he had no portion, no distinct inheritance in Israel. Next: Acts Chapter 5”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“sold: Act 4:34, Act 4:35, Act 5:1, Act 5:2; Mat 19:29 Next: Acts Chapter 5”
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