Acts 4:32 (YLT)

Passage

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

Nearby Context

Acts 4:30 in the stretching forth of Thy hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the name of Thy holy child Jesus.'

Acts 4:31 And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,

Acts 4:32 and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

Acts 4:33 And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,

Acts 4:34 for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling <FI>them<Fi> , were bringing the prices of the thing sold,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "multitude", "believe", "heart", "soul", "saying", and "anything". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "multitude", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "And they having prayed the place was..." into verse 33's "And with great power were the apostles...", so "all things" and "multitude" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "multitude" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.