4:33-35
“With great power ...” The apostles testified to the resurrection, and also did signs and wonders. “God’s grace was powerfully at work in them all”. The gospel is not just a set of ideas or theological statements, important as these are. It is life, and it brings us into fellowship with the Lord. So we should expect things to be different. This included them helping each other in material ways. At this time the apostles were in charge of distributing the money, though this would change later.
4:36,37
We are then given an example of what was done. A specific person is mentioned, so the truth of the matter could be tested. Later there will be an example of people doing things wrong. The specific person here was Barnabas, who would later be a great support to Paul. We also see that it was normal for people to have two quite different names.
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