Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa:
29. But here ariseth a question, seeing that the misery was common to all, why ought they rather to have succored one people than all the rest? I answer, that forasmuch as Judea was impoverished with great destructions of wars and other miseries, the men of Antioch were not without cause more moved with the miseries of the brethren which were there; secondly, the greater...
Christ gave prophets to the Church not merely to prove His truth but to guide it. These men came from Jerusalem to Antioch because they saw their work done there and heard that church flourished. Faithful service in small things draws greater trust.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 11:27-30
Verse 29. Then the disciples. The Christians at Antioch. According to his ability. According as they had prospered. It does not imply that they were rich, but that they rendered aid as they could afford it. Determined to send relief. This arose not merely from their general sense of their obligation to aid the poor, but they felt themselves particularly bound to aid their Jewish brethren.