Acts 4:32 NASB

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-35

A novel unanimity. It is safe to say that this verse marks one of the world's largest moral strides of progress. It is a landmark in itself, of widest significance. It is a moral landmark of deepest and most grateful omen. Travel through the whole history of the Old Testament, and you come to no spot that can show a sight like this. The nearest approach to it some finger-post prophetic, prophetic of nothing else than this. From this landmark the world has confessedly traveled on again... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

Church unity. We speak in these dark days of unity in Christ, of brotherly love, of the communion of saints. But what do we see when we look around at the multitude of them that believe? We see some forty or fifty denominations of Christians, all keeping apart from one another, not willing to meet together, to pray together, or to receive the Holy Communion together. These different bodies are constantly at different degrees of strife with each other; sometimes waging actual war one... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

A glimpse of ideal social life. Of life, that is, in the idea of the God of love. Such glimpses are given doubtless to stimulate our faith and our aspiration; and withdrawn because struggle, not perfect attainment, is the condition of actual life. I. SOCIAL UNITY . It rested on a common faith, a common ideal, a common sentiment. Union with God is the only basis of human social union. Here, from the depths of the spirit-life, this principle was for a brief space brought to light.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 4:32

And the multitude - The number of believers at this time had become large. In Acts 4:4, it is said that it was five thousand, and the number was constantly increasing.One heart - This expression denotes “tender union.” They felt alike, or were attached to the same things, and this preserved them from jars and dissensions.One soul - This phrase also denotes “close and tender union.” No expression could denote it more strikingly than to say of friends they have one soul. Plutarch cites an ancient... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 4:32-35

Acts 4:32-35. And the multitude of them that believed All the individuals, male and female, that, having believed on Jesus, had joined themselves to the Christian Church, numerous as they were; were of one heart and one soul Were perfectly united in love to God and one another, according to the full meaning of Christ’s prayer, John 17:20-23. Their desires and designs, their hopes and joys, were the same; neither said any of them Ουδε ’ εις ελεγεν , not so much as one of them, in so... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

Sin, cleansing and further growth (4:32-5:16)Believers continued to sell their property and bring money from the sales to the apostles for distribution among the poor (32-35). One example of generosity came from a Jew from Cyprus who so consistently helped and encouraged others that people gave him a name to suit his character, Barnabas (meaning ‘son of encouragement’) (36-37).There was no rule that forced people to sell their property. When Ananias and Sapphira sold some property, their sin... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 4:32

the multitude, &c. = of the full number (Greek. plethos) of the believing ones. soul. App-110 . Acts 4:1 . neither = and not even. any = one. ought = any one. Greek. tis. App-123 . the things which he possessed = his possessions. Greek. huparcho. Compare Luke 9:48 with Luke 12:15 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 4:32

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.This is not a reference to another manifestation of the event narrated in Acts 2:43ff, but another reference to that same event, introduced here by Luke as preliminary to the happenings regarding Ananias and Sapphira. The custom of having all things common which began shortly after Pentecost had continued until the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 4:32

Acts 4:32. Of one heart and of one soul:— This is a proverbial expression for the most intimate and endearing friendship. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 4:32

The unity of the believers extended beyond spiritual matters to physical, material matters (cf. Matthew 22:37-39). They owned personal possessions, but they did not consider them private possessions. Rather they viewed their belongings as common (Gr. koina, cf. koinonia, "fellowship") property. Customarily they shared what they had with one another (cf. Acts 2:44; Acts 2:46; Deuteronomy 15:4). Their unity manifested itself in a sense of responsibility for one another. Love, not law, compelled... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 4:32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 4:32-35

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 4:32

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 4:32

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 4:32

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 4:32

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