34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses (A)would sell them and bring the [a]proceeds of the sales 35 and (B)lay them at the apostles’ feet, and they would be (C)distributed to each to the extent that any had need.

36 Now Joseph, a Levite of (D)Cyprian birth, who was also called (E)Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of [b](F)Encouragement),

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:34 Lit the prices of the things being sold
  2. Acts 4:36 Or Exhortation; or Consolation

34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them,(A) brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet,(B) and it was distributed to anyone who had need.(C)

36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas(D) (which means “son of encouragement”),

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