The noun what he needed appears only here in the New Testament; its verb form appears in Luke 10.34 and 35 in the sense of “take care of.” To be given what he needed may be translated as “so that his friends could give him what he needed.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .