Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Then the disciples - The Christians at Antioch.
According to his ability - According as they had prospered. It does not imply that they were rich, but that they rendered such aid as they could afford.
Determined to send relief - This arose not merely from their general sense of obligation to aid the poor, but they felt themselves particularly bound to assist their Jewish brethren. The obligation to relieve the temporal needs of those from whom important spiritual mercies are received is repeatedly enforced in the New Testament. Compare Romans 15:25-27; I Corinthians 16:1-2; II Corinthians 9:1-2; Galatians 2:10.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Acts 11:29:
Acts 2:23
Acts 11:30
Acts 24:17
Romans 12:7
Galatians 2:1
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