Note 29 — THE ESSENES.
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This community of goods was also adopted by the early Christians, who, as we are told, “sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all as every man needed.”—(Comp. Acts, ii. 45 , iv. 34, 35. ) ↑
Reading edition
This community of goods was also adopted by the early Christians, who, as we are told, “sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all as every man needed.”—(Comp. Acts, ii. 45 , iv. 34, 35. ) ↑