Who collected the offering for the poor saints in Jerusalem?
The believers in Macedonia and Achaia made a contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem, and the Apostle Paul carried that offering to Jerusalem. He was determined to go there first to minister to the believing Jews, taking what those Greek churches had given despite their own poverty.
Les explains that the Apostle Paul was determined first and foremost to go to Jerusalem to minister unto the saints, the believing Jews there. The contribution came from believers in Macedonia and Achaia, regions in Greece that were mountainous and had very little opportunity for creating wealth. Those new believers were intensely poor, yet they gave of what they had so Paul could take the offering to the poor saints in Jerusalem.
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
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How could poor believers in Macedonia and Achaia give an offering to Jerusalem?
Even though the Macedonian and Achaian believers were poverty stricken, they gave of what they had so Paul could take the offering to the poor Jewish saints in Jerusalem.