Acts 11:30 (WEB)
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Fathers and councils · 8
Eusebius of Caesarea
“And there were appointed to the diaconate, for the service of the congregation, by prayer and the laying on of the hands of the apostles, approved men, seven in number, of whom Stephen was one.” — editor's note: The view that the Seven were deacons appears first in Irenæus (adv. Hær. I. 26. 3; III. 12. 10; IV. 15. I), then in Cyprian (Ep. 64. 3), and was the commonly…
Read the whole comment“And Agabus, one of the prophets who was with them, uttered a prophecy concerning the famine which was about to take place, and Paul and Barnabas were sent to relieve the necessities of the brethren.” — editor's note: See Acts xi. 29, 30.
Read the whole comment“And Luke, in the Acts, after mentioning the famine in the time of Claudius, and stating that the brethren of Antioch, each according to his ability, sent to the brethren of Judea by the hands of Paul and Barnabas, adds the following account.” — editor's note: Acts xi. 29, 30.
Read the whole comment“You will find this statement also in agreement with the Acts of the Apostles, where it is said that the disciples at Antioch, “each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren that dwelt in Judea; which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Paul.”” — editor's note: Acts xi. 29, 30. The passage in Acts has Saul instead of Paul. But the change made by Eusebius is a very natural one.
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Augustine of Hippo
“To them, namely, by reason of famine being imminent, and foretold by the Prophets which were at that time, good believers sent out of Greece supplies of corn; of which I suppose they made them bread, or at least procured to be made; which thing the birds do not.” — editor's note: Acts xi. 28–30
Read the whole comment“Why so long time beforehand, on occasion of impending famine, were supplies of corn sent to the holy fathers?” — editor's note: Acts xi. 28–30
Read the whole comment“…for the indigence of the brethren, not only for the morrow, but even for the more protracted time of impending dearth, as we read in the Acts of the Apostles; it is sufficiently clear that these precepts are so to be understood, that we are to do nothing of our work as matter of necessity, through love of obtaining…” — editor's note: Acts xi. 28–30
Read the whole comment“Then the disciples, every one according to his ability, determined to send relief to the elders for the brethren which dwelt in Judæa, which also they did by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.”” — editor's note: Acts xi. 27–30. The clause shows much divergence from the Vulgate in construction.
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Cross-references · 12
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Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 27.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29.
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Cited together in Church History II.3.