And laid them down ... - That is, they committed the money received for their property to the disposal of the apostles, to distribute it as was necessary among the poor. This soon became a burdensome and inconvenient office, and they therefore appointed men who had special charge of it, Acts 6:1-2, etc.
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Acts 4:35
35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.