Acts of the Apostles Chapter 4 Vs 23-37
Prayer of the Community.
23After their release they went back to their own people and reported what the chief priests and elders had told them.24And when they heard it, they raised their voices to God with one accord and said, "Sovereign Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them,25you said by the holy Spirit through the mouth of our father David, your servant:
'Why did the Gentiles rageg
and the peoples entertain folly?
26The kings of the earth took their stand
and the princes gathered together
against the Lord and against his anointed.'
27Indeed they gathered in this city against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed, Herod* and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,h28to do what your hand and [your] will had long ago planned to take place.29And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and enable your servants to speak your word with all boldness,30as you stretch forth [your] hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done through the name of your holy servant Jesus."31* As they prayed, the place where they were gathered shook, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.i
Life in the Christian Community.*32The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common.33With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all.34j There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale,35and put them at the feet of the apostles, and they were distributed to each according to need.
36k Thus Joseph, also named by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated "son of encouragement"), a Levite, a Cypriot by birth,37sold a piece of property that he owned, then brought the money and put it at the feet of the apostles.
* [4:1] The priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees: the priests performed the temple liturgy; the temple guard was composed of Levites, whose captain ranked next after the high priest. The Sadducees, a party within Judaism at this time, rejected those doctrines, including bodily resurrection, which they believed alien to the ancient Mosaic religion. The Sadducees were drawn from priestly families and from the lay aristocracy.