Acts 4:32

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:1-37

The Ministry of the Apostles (3:1-6:7). The pouring out of the Holy Spirit having taken place, and the infant church having been shown to be established, Luke now goes on to deal with the way in which the infant church rapidly expanded, firstly through the ministry of the Apostles (Acts 3:1 to Acts 6:7), and then more widely through the ministry of some of their appointees (Acts 6:8 to Acts 9:31). God is revealed as at work in sovereign power, and His Apostles are having to keep up. But it is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:32

‘And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that anything of all which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.’ Compare Acts 2:44, although note the slight difference in emphasis. Here it is on the fact of their total unity with each other in heart and mind as they have grown to know each other, there it was a spontaneous ‘togetherness’. There is a growing together in love. It had been Jesus’ dictum that all men would know... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:32-35

The Kingly Rule of God Is Evidenced On Earth In The Lives of Believers (4:32-35). The description that follows, which is an amplification of and expansion on Acts 2:44-45, was intended to further convey the idea of the Kingly Rule of God as being evidenced on earth, and as constantly growing. They had now become a ‘multitude’. Their prayers for the expansion of the word of God was being answered, so that they were becoming large enough to require larger scale provision. What is also being... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:32-35

Acts 4:32-Habakkuk : . The State of the Church ( cf. Acts 2:42-:).— The expression “ the multitude of the believers (about 5000 according to Acts 4:4) was one heart and soul,” is proverbial for entire harmony. None took a selfish view of his property; all was common. The apostles fulfilled their commission of bearing witness to the Resurrection of Jesus ( Acts 1:22, Acts 2:32) with great emphasis, and the community afforded an attractive spectacle. The prophecy of Deuteronomy 15:4 was... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 4:32

Were of one heart and of one soul; as if one heart and one soul had moved that multitude; to be sure there was one Spirit in them all, that is, the Spirit of God, by whose grace they agreed in all truths, and in hearty affections towards one another; insomuch, that they were as willing that what they had might be enjoyed by their necessitous brethren as by themselves. The community of goods was not commanded, but left at liberty, and was chosen as most expedient at such a time in that place;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

CRITICAL REMARKSActs 4:32. The multitude of them that believed were not the new converts merely, but the general body of the disciples.Acts 4:33. Grace.—Not favour with the people, as in Acts 2:47 (Grotius, Olshausen, Holtzmann), but divine favour, as in Acts 11:23; John 1:14 (Meyer, Alford, Zöckler, Hackett), of which Acts 4:34-35 furnish proof.Acts 4:36. For Joses read Joseph. Barnabas, the son of consolation, or son of exhortation (Holtzmann, Zöckler)—i.e., of consolatory discourse. A title... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 4:1-37

Acts 4:0 Before the Council From this section of Apostolic history we may draw the following practical inferences: I. We may learn that if we are Christ's disciples we may expect to encounter antagonism. II. That if we are really Christ's disciples, there will be something about us that will remind the world of Him. The inner springs of character may be hidden, but the life will make evident of what sort they are. III. That if we are really Christ's disciples, the one rule of our lives will be... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 4:23-37

Acts 4:23-37 I. The whole Church is interested in the proceedings of its individual members. II. The right method of treating opposition to the Kingdom of Christ. III. The spiritual and social results which follow the right acceptance of service and suffering. Parker, City Temple, vol. ii., p. 122. References: Acts 4:23-37 . Homilist, 3rd series, vol. iv., p. 73.Acts 4:24 . T. Arnold, Sermons, vol. iii., p. 202.Acts 4:27 . Preacher's Monthly, vol. x., p. 374.Acts 4:28 . J. Irons, Thursday... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

Acts 4:32-5:11 Ananias and Sapphira I. We have much need to lay to heart the lessons of this incident. Christ's Church has long since come to include so many false or unspiritual members, and to be so blent with the world, that we fail to realise its ideal sanctity as the body of Christ, animated in a peculiar manner by the Divine presence. We fail to feel that to offend against the saints is to offend Christ; that to fetch our worldly sins of conceit, ambition, envy, or covetousness, into... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Acts 4:31-32

DISCOURSE: 1751THE BENEFIT OF UNITED PRAYERActs 4:31-32. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. 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.WHETHER, as has been said by many, the blood of the Martyrs has been the seed... read more

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