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ACTS 5:4-5 to. pra/gma tou/to … pesw,n
In order to make the account in ver. Acts 5:4 more vivid, codex Bezae
reads poih/sai ponhro.n tou/to, and to heighten the dramatic effect...
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Verse Acts 5:5. _FELL DOWN, AND GAVE UP THE GHOST_] πεσων
εξεψυξε, _Falling down, he expired, breathed his last_: "Gave
up the ghost" is a very improper translation here. Genesis 25:8, and
Matthew 27...
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AND ANANIAS, HEARING THESE WORDS ... - Seeing that his guilt was
known, and being charged with the enormous crime of attempting to
deceive God. He had not expected to be thus exposed; and it is clear...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
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AND. Now, or But.
WORDS. App-121.
GAVE UP THO GHOST. expired. Only here, Acts 5:10; Acts 12:23. A
medical word. Compare _ekpneo._ Mark 15:37.
GREAT FEAR. Compare "great grace", "great power", in...
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_And Ananias hearing these words fell down_ Smitten through the power
of that Spirit whom he had intended to deceive. Here is no description
of a death from apoplexy or mental excitement under the reb...
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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...
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ταῦτα omitted with אABD. So also _Vulg_. and other versions.
5. ἈΚΟΎΩΝ. The present tense seems to indicate the immediate
result of the Apostle’s words, spoken in the power of the Spirit
with which h...
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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...
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ΆΚΟΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191)
слышать. Temp. _part._ указывает на
одновременное действие,
ΠΕΣΏΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ
(G4098) падать. ΈΞΈΨΥΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_
ΈΚΨΎΧΩ...
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DISCOURSE: 1752
ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA
Acts 5:3. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart
to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the
land? Whiles it remained,...
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AND ANANIAS HEARING THESE WORDS, &C.— This severity was not only
righteous, considering that complication of vain glory and
covetousness, of fraud and impiety, which the action contained; but
was wise...
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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,
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5. The exposure of Ananias was very surprising, but neither the
audience, nor perhaps Peter, was prepared by it for the event which
immediately followed. (5) "_And Ananias, hearing these words, fell
d...
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And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and
great fear came on all them that heard these things.
AND ANANIAS HEARING THESE WORDS FELL DOWN, AND GAVE UP THE GHOST: AND
GREA...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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ANANIAS HEARING THESE WORDS FELL DOWN. — It is to be noted that St.
Peter’s words, while they press home the intensity of the guilt, do
not contain any formal sentence. In such a case we may rightly t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ananias... fell down and gave up the ghost. St. Augustine says,[3]
this severe judgment was to strike a terror of such dissembling
fraudulent dealings into the new Church. It was also to shew that St....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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5._When Ananias heard these things. _The death of Ananias doth,
indeed, declare and prove the force of the word, which Paul cloth
highly extol; to wit, that it is the savor of death unto death to
thos...
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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...
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AND ANANIAS HEARING THESE WORDS,.... Of Peter's; by which he found his
sin was detected, and by which he was convicted of it: and which set
forth the evil nature of it, with its aggravated circumstanc...
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And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and
great fear came on all them that heard these things.
Ver. 5. _Fell down, and gave up_] So did Nightingal, parson of
Crondal by Ca...
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_And Ananias, hearing these words_ While the sound of them was yet in
his ears; _fell down and gave up the ghost_ Εξεψυξε, _expired._
It does not appear whether Peter designed or expected this event t...
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GIVE UP THE GHOST; instantly died....
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AND ANANIAS, HEARING THESE WORDS, FELL DOWN, AND GAVE UP THE GHOST;
AND GREAT FEAR CAME ON ALL THEM THAT HEARD THESE THINGS....
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ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA.
The sin and death of Ananias:...
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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...
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THEN ANANIAS, HEARING THESE WORDS, FELL DOWN AND BREATHED HIS LAST. SO
GREAT FEAR CAME UPON ALL THOSE WHO HEARD THESE THINGS.
1. Ananias - heard the words against him, fell down, and took his last
br...
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And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost: and
great fear came upon all that heard it.
'FELL DOWN AND GAVE UP THE GHOST'-'fell down dead' (Wey); 'collapsed
and died' (Phi); 'fel...
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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...
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FELL DOWN AND GAVE UP THE GHOST; expired and died. Some instances of
God's extraordinary judgments upon sinners were in the beginning of
the Jewish church; as upon the man that gathered sticks on the...
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5. The exposure of Ananias was very surprising, but neither the
audience, nor perhaps Peter, was prepared by it for the event which
immediately followed. (5) " And Ananias, hearing these words, fell
d...
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Acts 5:5 Then G1161 Ananias G367 hearing G191 (G5723) these G5128
words G3056 down G4098 (G5631) last...
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‘And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the life
within him: and great fear came on all who heard it.'
The recognition that he had been exposed was too much for Ananias. His
heart gave...
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Acts 5:5. AND ANANIAS HEARING THESE WORDS FELL DOWN, AND GAVE UP THE
GHOST. In considering the questions which cluster round this terrible
death scene, we must put aside all such interpretations which...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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HE FELL DOWN DEAD. It was not Peter, but the Holy Spirit who struck
this man dead. The punishment seems more drastic than necessary, yet
Satan was striking at the messianic community through this _lie...
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:5 GREAT FEAR. Fear of the Lord is a common theme
in Acts 1:1. It refers either to fear as godly awe, reverence, and
devotion (as in...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 5:1. ANANIAS.—Perhaps the same name as Ananiah (Nehemiah 3:23)
or Hananiah (1 Chronicles 3:21; Jeremiah 28:1;
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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...
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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,...
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1 Chronicles 13:12; 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Corinthians 4:21; 1 Samuel
6:19;...
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Gave up the ghost [ε ξ ε ψ υ ξ ε]. Used by Luke only. A rare
word, occurring in the Septuagint, and in medical writers. See Ezekiel
21:7, "Every spirit shall faint." See, also, on failing, Luke 21:26....
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And Ananias fell down and expired — And this severity was not only
just, considering that complication of vain glory, covetousness,
fraud, and impiety, which this action contained: but it was also wis...
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Observe here, 1. The justice of the punishment inflicted upon Ananias
for his sin; he is struck dead upon the spot for his sacrilege,
covetousness, hypocrisy and lying: Doubtless it was. very heinous...