Acts 2:44-45
What is written? (ESV)
And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
What does it say?
All who believed were together and shared their possessions. They sold property and belongings and distributed the proceeds according to each person's need.
What is its immediate context?
On the day of Pentecost when Jews made the pigramage from all over to celebrate in Jerusalem, Peter and the apostles preached the gospel of Jesus (vss 14-36). As a result, 3,000 were convicted (vs 37) and converted (vs 41). While some of that number may have returned to their homeland, those that remained “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (vs 42).
How Acts 2:44-45 is applied across Bible answers
Is socialism in the Bible?
The new group of Christians shared of their means, but more broadly had all things in common spiritually.
This was the "fellowship" they enjoyed in the context (vss 42-47).
