ACTs 4:32 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) And so the group of believers were united in their will and attitude. No one claimed anything to be their own, but they shared everything they had.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Now the multitude of the ones having believed was one in heart and soul. And not one said that any of the things that were to him was his own, but everything was common to them.

UST Those in the group of people who believed in Jesus were in complete agreement about what they believed and what they wanted. Not one of them said that he was the sole owner of anything. Instead, they shared what they had with one another.

BSB § The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

BLB Now the multitude of those having believed were one in heart and soul, and not one claimed anything of that which he possesses to be his own, but all things were theirs in common.

AICNT Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.

OEB ¶ The whole body of those who had become believers in Christ were of one heart and mind. Not one of them claimed any of his goods as his own, but everything was held for the common use.

WEBBE The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.

LSV and of the multitude of those who believed, the heart and the soul were one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were in common to them.

FBV All the believers thought and felt the same way. None of them claimed anything they had as their own, but shared everything with each other.

TCNT Now the hearts and souls of the multitude of believers were one, and no one was saying that any of [fn]their belongings was his own, but everything they owned was held in common.

4:32 their ¦ his ANT BYZ CT PCK TR

T4T The group of people who had believed in Jesus were completely agreed about what they thought and what they wanted/desired. Not one of them claimed that he alone owned anything. Instead, they shared with one another everything that they had.

LEB Now the group of those who believed were one heart and soul, and no one said anything of what belonged to him was his own, but all things were theirs in common.

BBE And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.

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Wymth Among all those who had embraced the faith there was but one heart and soul, so that none of them claimed any of his possessions as his own, but everything they had was common property;

ASV And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

DRA And the multitude of believers had but one heart and one soul: neither did any one say that aught of the things which he possessed, was his own; but all things were common unto them.

YLT and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

Drby And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

RV And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Wbstr And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

KJB-1769 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

KJB-1611 And the multitude of them that beleeued, were of one heart, and of one soule: Neither said any of them, that ought of the things which he possessed, was his owne, but they had all things common.
(And the multitude of them that believed, were of one heart, and of one soul: Neither said any of them, that ought of the things which he possessed, was his own, but they had all things common.)

Bshps And the multitude of them that beleued, were of one heart, and of one soule: Neither sayde any of them, that ought of ye thynges which he possessed, was his owne: but they had all thinges common.
(And the multitude of them that believed, were of one heart, and of one soul: Neither said any of them, that ought of ye/you_all things which he possessed, was his owne: but they had all things common.)

Gnva And the multitude of them that beleeued, were of one heart, and of one soule: neither any of them said, that any thing of that which he possessed, was his owne, but they had all thinges common.
(And the multitude of them that believed, were of one heart, and of one soul: neither any of them said, that anything of that which he possessed, was his own, but they had all things common. )

Cvdl The multitude of them that beleued, were of one hert and of one soule. Also none of them sayde of his goodes, that they were his awne, but had all thinges comen.
(The multitude of them that believed, were of one heart and of one soul. Also none of them said of his goodes, that they were his awne, but had all things comen.)

TNT And the multitude of them that beleved were of one hert and of one soule. Also none of them sayde that eny of the thinges which he possessed was his awne: but had all thinges commen.
(And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul. Also none of them said that any of the things which he possessed was his awne: but had all things commen. )

Wyc And of al the multitude of men bileuynge was oon herte and oon wille; nether ony man seide ony thingis of tho thingis that he weldide to be his owne, but alle thingis weren comyn to hem.
(And of all the multitude of men bileuynge was one heart and one wille; neither any man said any things of those things that he weldide to be his own, but all things were common to them.)

Luth Die Menge aber der Gläubigen war ein Herz und eine SeeLE; auch keiner sagte von seinen Gütern, daß sie sein wären, sondern es war ihnen alles gemein.
(The Menge but the/of_the Gläubigen what/which a heart and one SeeLE; also keiner said from his Gütern, that they/she/them his wären, rather it what/which to_them all/everything gemein.)

ClVg Multitudinis autem credentium erat cor unum et anima una: nec quisquam eorum quæ possidebat, aliquid suum esse dicebat, sed erant illis omnia communia.[fn]
(Multitudinis however credentium was heart one and anima una: but_not quisquam their which possidebat, aliquid his_own esse dicebat, but they_were illis everything communia. )

4.32 Erat cor unum. Qui mundum reliquerant, non de nobilitate generis gloriantes se aliis præferebant, sed sicut unius ejusdemque matris Ecclesiæ visceribus editi, eodem fraternitatis amore gaudebant. Nec quisquam eorum. Virtutes quas possident justi, non suas judicant esse, sed eorum quorum utilitati dispensant. Communia. Græce unde cœnobitæ, id est communiter viventes. Cœnobia habitacula eorum.

4.32 Erat heart one. Who the_world reliquerant, not/no about nobilitate generis gloriantes se aliis præferebant, but like of_one hisdemque matris Ecclesiæ visceribus editi, eodem fraternitatis amore gaudebant. Nec quisquam their. Virtutes which possident justi, not/no their_own yudicant esse, but their quorum utilitati dispensant. Communia. Græce whence cœnobitæ, id it_is communiter viventes. Cœnobia habitacula their.

UGNT τοῦ δὲ πλήθους τῶν πιστευσάντων, ἦν καρδία καὶ ψυχὴ μία, καὶ οὐδὲ εἷς τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ἦν αὐτοῖς πάντα κοινά.
(tou de plaʸthous tōn pisteusantōn, aʸn kardia kai psuⱪaʸ mia, kai oude heis ti tōn huparⱪontōn autōi elegen idion einai, all’ aʸn autois panta koina.)

SBL-GNT Τοῦ δὲ πλήθους τῶν πιστευσάντων ἦν ⸀καρδία καὶ ⸀ψυχὴ μία, καὶ οὐδὲ εἷς τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ⸀αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι, ἀλλʼ ἦν αὐτοῖς ⸀πάντα κοινά.
(Tou de plaʸthous tōn pisteusantōn aʸn ⸀kardia kai ⸀psuⱪaʸ mia, kai oude heis ti tōn huparⱪontōn ⸀autōi elegen idion einai, allʼ aʸn autois ⸀panta koina.)

TC-GNT Τοῦ δὲ πλήθους τῶν πιστευσάντων ἦν [fn]ἡ καρδία καὶ [fn]ἡ ψυχὴ μία· καὶ [fn]οὐδὲ εἷς τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων [fn]αὐτῶν ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι, ἀλλ᾽ ἦν αὐτοῖς [fn]ἅπαντα κοινά.
(Tou de plaʸthous tōn pisteusantōn aʸn haʸ kardia kai haʸ psuⱪaʸ mia; kai oude heis ti tōn huparⱪontōn autōn elegen idion einai, all aʸn autois hapanta koina. )

4:32 η ¦ — ECM^† NA SBL TH WH

4:32 ουδε ¦ ουδ SCR

4:32 αυτων ¦ αυτω ANT BYZ CT PCK TR

4:32 απαντα ¦ παντα SBL WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

δὲ

and

Luke uses the word Now to introduce background information in 4:32–37 that will help readers understand further episodes in the story. These verses introduce Barnabas, who will be an important character in the book, and they also help account for what happens to Ananias and Sapphira in the next chapter. You can translate the word Now with a term or phrase that serves the same purpose in your language.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἦν καρδία καὶ ψυχὴ μία

was ˱in˲_heart and soul one

Here the word heart seems to represent the emotions and the word soul seems to represent the desires. Alternate translation: “thought the same way and desired the same things” or see the next note for a further possibility.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἦν καρδία καὶ ψυχὴ μία

was ˱in˲_heart and soul one

The terms heart and soul mean similar things, and Luke may be using them together for emphasis. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine the terms in your translation. Alternate translation: “was genuinely united”

τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ

˱of˲_the_‹ones› ˱of˲_the_‹things› possessing ˱to˲_him

Alternate translation: “of the things that he owned”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

ἦν αὐτοῖς πάντα κοινά

was was ˱to˲_them all_‹things› ˱in˲_common

The word everything may be a generalization that emphasizes the powerful spirit of generosity among the believers. See how you translated the similar expression in 2:44. Alternate translation: “they shared their belongings with one another”

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