Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
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Gill's Exposition
Neither was there any among them that lacked,.... Bread to eat, or clothes to wear, or any of the necessaries of life; which shows their great charity, and gives a reason why they were in so much…
Barnes' Notes
That lacked - That was in want, or whose needs were not supplied by the others. As many as ... - The word used here is employed in a large, indefinite sense; but it would be improper to press it so as…
Adam Clarke
Neither was there any among them that lacked - It was customary with the Jews to call the poor together, to eat of the sacrifices, but as the priests, etc., were incensed against Christ and…
We have a general idea given us in these verses, and it is a very beautiful one, of the spirit and state of this truly primitive church; it is conspectus saeculi - a view of that age of infancy and…
Cambridge Bible
Neither was there any among them that lacked The A. V. omits the word for, which is represented in the Greek and is needed for the sense. "Forneither was there, &c." This was one reason for their…
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