Act 2:44 | RWP | e4.org | Were together ( ησαν επ το αυτο ). Some MSS. ησαν κα (were and). But they were together in the same place as in . And had ( κα ειχον ). Imperfect active, kept on having, a habit in the present emergency. Common ( κοινα ). It was not actual communism, but they held all their property ready for use for the common good as it was needed ( ). This situation appears nowhere else except in Jerusalem and was evidently due to special conditions there which did not survive permanently. Later Paul will take a special collection for the poor saints in Jerusalem.

‏ Acts 2:44

Were together ( ησαν επ το αυτο ). Some MSS. ησαν κα (were and). But they were together in the same place as in 2:1.

And had ( κα ειχον ). Imperfect active, kept on having, a habit in the present emergency.

Common ( κοινα ). It was not actual communism, but they held all their property ready for use for the common good as it was needed (4:32). This situation appears nowhere else except in Jerusalem and was evidently due to special conditions there which did not survive permanently. Later Paul will take a special collection for the poor saints in Jerusalem.