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Acts 5:1
But there was a man named Ananias. Side by side with the picture of love and fellowship in the 4th chapter, comes the selfishness and hypocrisy of this couple.
But there was a man named Ananias. Side by side with the picture of love and fellowship in the 4th chapter, comes the selfishness and hypocrisy of this couple.
CHAPTER V. _The hypocrisy of Ananias and his wife Sapphira, and their_ _awful death_, 1-11. _The apostles work many miracles, and the Church of God is_ _increased_, 12-16. _The high priest and th...
BUT A CERTAIN MAN - In the previous chapter the historian had given an account of the eminent liberality and sincerity of the mass of early Christians, in being willing to give up their property to pr...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1)._ 2. Signs and wonders by the Apostles (Acts 5:11). 3. The second arrest of the Apostles and their Deliverance (Acts 5:17). 4. Before the Council ...
ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA. Barnabas-' unworthy counterpart is Ananias, who, in league with his wife, was unwilling to part with all his property, but anxious to appear to have done so. Their crime was that...
A man called Ananias, together with his wife Sapphire, sold a bit of ground he had, and surreptitiously kept back part of the price, and his wife knew about it. He brought some part of the price and l...
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
CERTAIN. App-123. MAN. App-123. NAMED. by name. ANANIAS. Ananias and Sapphira, names of grace and beauty attached to persons whose principles were bad....
Acts 5:1. Account of Ananias and Sapphira The narrative with which this chapter commences is one which none but a veracious narrator would have inserted where it stands. The last chapter concludes wi...
_But a certain man_ It is not by way of contrast that the story of Ananias is put side by side with that of Barnabas, therefore much stress is not to be laid on the word _But_. Acts 5:36 of the last c...
ἈΝΑΝΊΑΣ. The name was common. See Acts 9:10-17; Acts 23:2; Acts 24:1. It is the same as _Hananiah_, Jeremiah 28:1;...
Acts 5:1-11. ACCOUNT OF ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA The narrative with which this chapter commences is one which none but a veracious narrator would have inserted where it stands. The last chapter concludes...
ΆΝΑΝΊΑΣ (G367) Анания. Транскрипция חנטה ("Яхве проявляет милость" "Бог милосерден"), с греческим окончанием (Schneider; SB, 2:634). ΣΑΠΦΊΡΗ _dat. sing. от_ ΣΆΠΦΙΡΑ (G4551) Сапфира. Греческая форма а...
BUT A CERTAIN MAN, &C.— In Psalms 110 where our Saviour is prophetically described in the person of a king advanced to the throne of divine majesty, glorious and triumphant, it is said, that _his peop...
8. IN THE UPPER ROOM. Acts 4:28, Acts 5:11. a. The Prayer Service. Acts 4:23-31. Acts 4:23 And being let go, they came to their own company,
V: 1, 2. In close connection with this unprecedented liberality of the brethren, we are now introduced to a remarkable case of corruption, of which it was the occasion. The praise always lavished on d...
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, Ananias and Sapphira (5:1-11) BUT A CERTAIN MAN NAMED ANANIAS, WITH SAPPHIRA HIS WIFE, SOLD A POSSESSION....
30 The timid opposition of the Sanhedrin is in contrast to the boldness of those who proclaimed the evangel. God manifested Himself by miraculous interventions, and the powers of the kingdom abounded....
THE APOSTLES AGAIN IMPRISONED 1-16. The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was not keeping back part of the price, which they had a perfect right to do (Acts 5:4), but pretending that the money which they of...
ANANIAS] i.e. 'Jehovah hath been gracious.' SAPPHIRA] If the word is Greek it means 'sapphire'; if Aramaic, 'beautiful.'...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA, 5:1-11 V1 But there was a man whose name was Ananias. He and his wife, Sapphira, sold a building and some land. The bui...
V. (1, 2) A certain man named Ananias. — The name meets us again as belonging to the high priest in Acts 23:2, and was the Greek form of the Hebrew Hananiah. It had the same significance as John, or J...
Ἀνὴρ δέ τις : in striking contrast to the unreserved self-sacrifice of Barnabas, St. Luke places the selfishness and hypocrisy of Ananias and Sapphira. It is in itself no small proof of the truth of t...
LYING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Acts 4:36-37; Acts 5:1-11 The Spirit of God is the source of generous and liberal giving. It is a poor substitute to set up bazaars, and fairs, and ice cream suppers. When th...
Here we have a terrible story. The account of Ananias and Sapphira stands in vivid contrast to that of Barnabas. The sin was dishonest dealing with the Holy Spirit. The judgment was swift and terrible...
Lying to the Holy Spirit Ananias and his wife, Sapphira, sold a piece of land, but decided to only lay a portion of the proceeds at the feet of the apostles. Ash notes that the same word translated "k...
But (1) a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (1) Luke shows by contrary examples how great a sin hypocrisy is, especially in those who under a false pretence and cl...
It is believed by many of the Fathers, that the resolution which the faithful made of selling their property, and laying the price at the feet of the apostles, implied a vow of reserving nothing for t...
ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA 1-11. In that country the summers are very hot [and this was June], superinducing very quick and rapid putrefaction, necessitating a speedy interment of the dead, especially in a...
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (2) And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostle...
CONTENTS We have here the awful Account of Ananias and Sapphira lying to the Holy Ghost. Peter's Detection of them. The Apostles again imprisoned. The Angel of the Lord brings them out. They are brou...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
1.Those things which Luke hath reported hitherto did show that that company, which was gathered together under the name of Christ, was rather a company of angels than of men, Moreover, that was incred...
Alas! evil shews itself there also (Chapter 5). If the mighty Spirit of God is there, the flesh also is there. There are some who wished to have the credit of devotedness which the Holy Ghost produces...
BUT A CERTAIN MAN NAMED ANANIAS,.... A name common among the Jews, the same with Hananiah, Jeremiah 28:1 it signifies not the humility of the Lord, or the affliction of the Lord, or the answer of the...
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, Ver. 1. _With Sapphira his wife_] Her name signifieth beautiful, or spacious. She might be so on the outside, as those appl...
_But a certain man named Ananias_ A professor of the gospel, but certainly not a true believer, for all _that_ truly _believed were of one heart and of one soul, Acts 4:32_. Probably he was not yet ba...
BUT A CERTAIN MAN NAMED ANANIAS, WITH SAPPHIRA, HIS WIFE, SOLD A POSSESSION,...
ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA. The sin and death of Ananias:...
Where God is working, however, the opposition of Satan soon becomes apparent. The evil begins (as evil always does) in an underhand manner, but is quickly exposed by God. Ananias and Sapphira certainl...
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. 1. When good things begin to happen - there seems to always be a "but" - to show that Satan is still active. 2. As many we...
But. certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold. possession, 'BUT'-In contrast to the true generosity manifested in the previous verses (Acts 4:32-37). Carefully note that no information...
1-11 The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was, that they were ambitious of being thought eminent disciples, when they were not true disciples. Hypocrites may deny themselves, may forego their worldly adva...
ACTS CHAPTER 5 ACTS 5:1 Ananias and Sapphira, profanely tempting the Holy Ghost with a lie, at Peter's rebuke fall down dead, ACTS 5:12 The apostles work many miracles, to the great increase of the fa...
V: 1, 2. In close connection with this unprecedented liberality of the brethren, we are now introduced to a remarkable case of corruption, of which it was the occasion. The praise always lavished on d...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I And the mystics say that he slew the Egyptian by a word only; as, certainly, Peter in the Acts is related to have slain by speech those who appropriated part of...
Acts 5:1 But G1161 certain G5100 man G435 named G3686 Ananias G367 with G4862 Sapphira G4551 his G846 wife...
‘But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being associated with him in it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at...
_The Episode of Ananias and Sapphira,_ 1-11. Acts 5:1-2. BUT A CERTAIN MAN NAMED ANANIAS, WITH SAPPHIRA HIS WIFE, SOLD A POSSESSION, AND KEPT BACK PART OF THE PRICE. In striking contrast to the entire...
_The Inner Life of the Church, Acts 4:32 to Acts 5:11_. The characteristic feature is concord among the believers. The great topic of preaching among them is the Lord's resurrection. The favour they w...
SOLD (επωλησεν). Aorist active indicative again, for a single case....
Acts 4:32-5 Ananias and Sapphira I. We have much need to lay to heart the lessons of this incident. Christ's Church has long since come to include so many false or unspiritual members, and to be so b...
CONTENTS: Sin and death of Ananias and Sapphira. The second persecution and answer of apostles to their persecutors. Warning of Gamaliel. Apostles beaten. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ananias, Sapph...
Acts 5:3. _Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost._ These words not only indicate that Ananias was a minister of the word, but that he for once had yielded his heart to th...
_But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession._ ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA The word Ananias means “grace of God”; and the word Sapphira signifies just “a sapphire,” the famili...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:1. ANANIAS.—Perhaps the same name as Ananiah (Nehemiah 3:23) or Hananiah (1 Chronicles 3:21; Jeremiah 28:1;
EXPOSITION ACTS 5:1 ANANIAS (Ἀνανίας) In Nehemiah 3:23 the Hebrew name היָנְנַעֲ (God covers or protects) is thus rendered in the LXX. But the name occurs nowhere else. The very common name היָנְנ...
Chapter 5, the book of Acts. At the end of the fourth chapter we have the second mention of the early pure communism that was practiced in the first church. Where those who had possessions sold them,...
2 Timothy 2:20; John 6:37; Joshua 6:1; Leviticus 10:1; Matthew 13:47;...
But a certain man named Ananias — It is certain, not a believer, for all that believed were of one heart and of one soul: probably not baptized; but intending now to offer himself for baptism....
The last verses of the foregoing chapter acquainted us with the practice of the primitive Christians at the first plantation of the gospel, in selling their possessions for charitable uses, and laying...