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Collection (λογίας)
Peculiar to the New Testament, and occurring only here and 1Co 16:2. The classical word is συλλόγη, Vulg., collecta, which latter is also used of the assemblies in which the collections took place. From λέγω to collect. For such material ministries Paul uses a variety of words; as χάρις bounty, 1Co 16:3; κοινωνία contribution, Rom 15:26; εὐλογία. blessing, 2Co 9:5; λειτουπγία ministration, 2Co 9:12; ἐλεημοσύναι alms, Act 24:17. The word ἔρανος was used by the Greeks to denote a feast of contribution or picnic; a club for mutual relief, and a contribution, made as a club-subscription, or for the support of the poor.
The saints
At Jerusalem. Evidently the community of property (Act 2:44) had been abandoned; and Augustine supposes that the poverty of the Jerusalem Christians was due to that practice. See note on Rom 15:26. The precise causes of the destitution in that church can be only conjectured.