A querist asks, “In reading about the collection taken for Judea in Acts 11:27, due to the prophets vision by the Holy Spirit regarding impending famine, I would like to receive feedback on whether ornot this was the same collection from Romans 15:26 and 1 Corinthians 16:3 (two which I believe to be the same). I do not believe it to be the same… since the latter was for Jerusalem and the previous gift was coming from Jerusalem. However, clarification is always good.”<\/p>\n
After much study, this Bible student believes that the collection in Romans 15:25-26; 1 Corinthians 16:1-3 was a different collection than the one recorded in Acts 11:27.<\/p>\n
Much is said in Paul’s writings to the Gentile churches concerning “a contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem” (Romans 15:26; 2 Corinthians 8:1-24; 2 Corinthians 9:1-15). Paul had been exhorted by the “pillars” of the Jerusalem church to “remember the poor,” which Paul was “zealous to do” (Gal. 2:9-10 ASV). He had been involved in a previous collection in response to a “great dearth throughout all the world” in order to provide relief for the brethren of Judea (Acts 11:27-30). This event occurred around 45 A.D.<\/p>\n
When Paul began his third missionary journey, he purposed to secure a large offering for the Judean poor from the Gentile churches in Asia Minor and Greece. While Paul was at Ephesus in Acts 19:21, he “purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”<\/p>\n
Paul’s determination to go back through the provinces mentioned included his plan to receive this collection which had been over a year in preparation, and to deposit it safely in Judean hands (2 Corinthians 8:10; 2 Corinthians 9:2).<\/p>\n
Timothy and Erastus went ahead of Paul to expedite the final collections among these churches (Acts 19:22). Titus also worked with the Corinthian congregation in the final preparations made for their contribution (2 Corinthians 8:16-24). The churches of Macedonia responded liberally to the need, and their liberality was used by the apostle Paul as an example for the procrastinating Corinthians to emulate (2 Corinthians 8:1-12).<\/p>\n
All of these events occurred around 59-60 A.D. A specific commandment concerning giving into a common treasury had been sent to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:1-2), which served then (and serves now) as God’s plan for giving in the Lord’s church (1 Corinthians 4:17).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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