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Luke records that the early Jesus followers in Jerusalem “held everything in common” (Acts 2:44–45; 4:32–37). Does this mean the early church abolished private property and embraced a sort of communalism? Luke-Acts scholar Darrell L. Bock joins Kirk E. Miller on this episode of What in the Word? to discuss these texts and what they might mean for us today.

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(0:00) Introduction

(3:32) What's the difficulty?

(5:06) The context of Acts 2

(9:16) The context of Acts 4

(14:00) Elsewhere in Acts & NT

(17:17) What's going on?

(25:54) An exceptional community

(30:03) Descriptive yet persuasive

(36:38) Important details

(43:05) The practical significance

(47:58) Advice for preaching or teaching