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Acts 5:8

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And Peter answered unto her,.... Who might be inquiring for her husband; though such a way of speaking was common with the Jews, when nothing goes before to which the answer is made; of which there are frequent instances in the sacred writings:tell me whether ye sold the land for so much; naming the sum of money which Ananias had brought; though the historian does not mention it.

The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "tell me, O woman", &c.

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