Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 24:17

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 422, footnote 1 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4976 (In-Text, Margin)

... all his Epistles; and he makes it a rule for the Churches of the Gentiles that, on the first day of the week, that is, on the Lord’s day, contributions should be made by every one which should be sent up to Jerusalem for the relief of the saints, and that either by his own disciples, or by those whom they should themselves approve; and if it were thought fit, he would himself either send, or take what was collected. Also in the Acts of the Apostles, when speaking to the governor Felix, he says,[Acts 24:17-18] “After many years I went up to Jerusalem to bring alms to my nation and offerings, and to perform my vows, amidst which they found me purified in the temple.” Might he not have distributed in some other part of the world, and in the infant Churches ...