 There may be other factors that we don't even know about. But whatever the cause, the congregation there was in great poverty. And so Paul, he was collecting an offering from other churches on his missionary travels. And the churches, they were happy to give. The spread of the gospel had started from Jerusalem. And so all of these Christians around the world, they heard about their need, and they would have thought, Jerusalem? That's the church that sent missionaries to us. And so naturally, they wanted to help.