Which they also did,.... They not only determined, but they put their resolutions into execution, and acted according to a rule which the apostle recommends, 2Co 8:11and sent it to the elders; to the apostles; for though there were deacons there, yet they chose to send it to them, that they might put it into proper hands to distribute to the necessitous: and this collection they sentby the hands of Saul and Barnabas; of this journey to Jerusalem, Paul makes no mention in Ga 1:17.
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Acts 11:30
Acts 11:30
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