Luk 18:29, Act 4:34 | JFB | e4.org | 29. There is no man, &c.—graciously acknowledging at once the completeness and the acceptableness of the surrender as a thing already made. house, &c.—The specification is still more minute in Matthew and Mark, ( ) to take in every form of self-sacrifice. for the kingdom of God's sake —in Mark ( ), "for MY sake and the Gospel's." See on .

‏ Luke 18:29

29. There is no man, &c.—graciously acknowledging at once the completeness and the acceptableness of the surrender as a thing already made.

house, &c.—The specification is still more minute in Matthew and Mark, (Mt 19:27; Mr 10:29) to take in every form of self-sacrifice.

for the kingdom of God's sake—in Mark (Mr 10:29), "for MY sake and the Gospel's." See on Lu 6:22.

‏ Acts 4:34

31-37. place was shaken—glorious token of the commotion which the Gospel was to make (Ac 17:6; compare Ac 16:26), and the overthrow of all opposing powers in which this was to issue.

they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and spake, &c.—The Spirit rested upon the entire community, first, in the very way they had asked, so that they "spake the word with boldness" (Ac 4:29, 31); next, in melting down all selfishness, and absorbing even the feeling of individuality in an intense and glowing realization of Christian unity. The community of goods was but an outward expression of this, and natural in such circumstances.