“"Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea." Mark how the famine becomes to them the means of salvation, an occasion of alms-giving, a harbinger of many blessings. And so it might have been to you, one may say, if you were so minded, but ye…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 25
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29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
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27And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
— Acts 11:29 —
30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.