Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 4:35

"and laid them at the apostles` feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need." — Acts 4:35 (ASV)

And laid them down at the apostles’ feet,—The words are a vivid picture of one phase of Eastern life. When gifts or offerings are made to a king, or priest, or teacher, they are not placed in his hands, but at his feet. The Apostles sat, it would seem, in conclave, on their twelve seats, as in the figurative promise of Matthew 19:28, and the vision of Revelation 4:4.