Acts 5:1, After that Ananias and Sapphira his wife for their hypocrisy, at Peter’s rebuke had fallen down dead; Acts 5:12, and that the rest of the apostles had wrought many miracles; Acts 5:14, to the increase of the faith; Acts 5:17, the apostles are again imprisoned; Acts 5:19, but delivered by an angel bidding them preach openly to all; Acts 5:21, when, after their teaching accordingly in the temple, Acts 5:29.
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Acts 5 — OverviewActs 5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. The sin and punishment of Ananias and
Sapphira, who, for lying to the Holy Ghost, were struck dead at the
word of Peter, ver. 1-11. II. The flourishing state of the church, in
the…Acts 5:1-11Acts 5:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe chapter begins with a melancholy but, which puts a stop to the
pleasant and agreeable prospect of things which we had in the foregoing
chapters; as every man, so every church, in its best state has its but.…Acts 5:1Acts 5:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeCir, am 4038, ad 34, Leviticus 10:1-3; Joshua 6:1; Matthew 13:47-48; John 6:37; 2 Timothy 2:20Acts 5:1Acts 5:1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleBut a certain man named Ananias,.... A name common among the Jews, the same with Hananiah, Jer 28:1 it signifies not the humility of the Lord, or the affliction of the Lord, or the answer of the Lord, as say some, as if…Acts 5:2Acts 5:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgekept: Joshua 7:11-12; 2 Kings 5:21-25; Malachi 1:14, Malachi 3:8-9; John 12:6; 1 Timothy 6:10; 2 Peter 2:14-15
his: Acts 5:9
laid: Acts 4:34-35, Acts 4:37; Matthew 6:2-3, Matthew 23:5; Philippians 2:3Acts 5:2Acts 5:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd kept back part of the price,.... At which the possession was sold; he reserved it for his own use, after he had given out that he sold it for the service of the church:his wife also being privy to it; to this…
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