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Acts 5:9

Ye have agreed together

(συνεφωνηθη υμιν). First aorist passive indicative of συμφωνεω (to voice together, symphony), impersonal with dative; It was agreed together by you (or for you). "Your souls were allured together respecting this deceit" (Vincent).To tempt the Spirit of the Lord

(πειρασα το πνευμα κυριου). Like "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." It was close to the unpardonable sin which was attributing the manifest work of the Holy Spirit to Beelzebub.The feet

(ο ποδες). Graphic picture by Peter as he heard the steps of the young men at the door.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    ACTS 5:8-10 Codex Bezae alters ver. Acts 5:8 by replacing avpekri,qh with ei=pen and by rephrasing Peter’s inquiry, evperwth,sw se eiv a;ra to. cwri,on tosou,tou avpe,dosqe...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 5:9. _TO TEMPT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD?_] So the _Holy Ghost,_ _God_, and the _Spirit of the Lord_, are the same person....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AGREED TOGETHER - Conspired, or laid a plan. From this it seems that Sapphira was as guilty as her husband, TO TEMPT - To try; to endeavor to impose on, or to deceive; that is, to act as if the Spiri...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. How. Why. HAVE AGREED TOGETHER. were agreed together. Greek. _sumphoneo._ Here, Acts 15:15, and four times in the Gospels. Compare Engl, "symphony". SPIRIT. App-101. B...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord_ To try whether the deception which you had planned would be found out; whether God's Spirit would make it known to us. _behold, the feet of t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    εἶπε omitted with אBD. _Vulg_. has ‘Petrus autem ad eam.’ 9. ΤΊ ὍΤΙ. This form, which occurs also in Acts 5:4, is to be explained by the ellipsis of ἐστὶ. ‘Why is it that …’ ΠΕΙΡΆΣΑΙ, _to tempt_. The...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΣΥΝΕΦΩΝΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΈΩ (G4856) соглашаться между собой; безличное использование с _dat._, "вы сговорились между собой, или для себя" (RWP). ΠΕΙΡΆΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΕΙΡΆΖΩ (G39...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 8...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. T...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TO TEMPT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD — _i.e.,_ to try, or _test,_ whether the Spirit that dwelt in the Apostles was really a discerner of the secrets of men’s hearts. The “Spirit of the Lord” is probably u...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    τὶ ὅτι, Acts 5:4. συνεφωνήθη : only here in the N.T. in the passive, for its use in the active, Acts 15:15. Blass maintains that this passive usage συμφωνεῖταί τισι is Latin rather than Greek (_conven...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to (e) tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband [are] at the (f) door, and shall carry thee...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._To tempt the Spirit. _He uttereth the same thing in other words which he had said before; to wit, that they did mock God unreverently and contemptibly. But he said that they _tempted _the Spirit, b...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN PETER SAID UNTO HER, HOW IS IT THAT YE HAVE AGREED TOGETHER,.... For husband and wife to agree together in what is good, in things civil, honest, and lawful, and in religious matters, is very com...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband _are_ at the door, and shall carry thee out. V...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _About the space of three hours after_ How precious a space! _his wife_ Who was absent when this happened; _not knowing what was done, came in_ Into the place where the apostles were, expecting, doubt...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    TEMPT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD; by trying to deceive him. CARRY THEE OUT; bury thee, as they did thy husband....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The death of Sapphira:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THEN PETER SAID UNTO HER, HOW IS IT THAT YE HAVE AGREED TOGETHER TO TEMPT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD? BEHOLD, THE FEET OF THEM WHICH HAVE BURIED THY HUSBAND ARE AT THE DOOR, AND SHALL CARRY THEE OUT....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    THEN PETER SAID TO HER, " HOW IS IT THAT YOU HAVE AGREED TOGETHER TO TEST THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD? LOOK, THE FEET OF THOSE WHO HAVE BURIED YOUR HUSBAND _ARE_ AT THE DOOR, AND THEY WILL CARRY YOU OUT. ...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    But Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out. 'T...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TO TEMPT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD; this expression, of tempting God, or the Spirit of God, is not used amongst profane writers; and this sin is not (at least to such a degree) committed amongst pagans a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 5:9 Then G1161 Peter G4074 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 her G846 How G5101 that G3754 you...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” '...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 5:9. HOW IS IT THAT YE HAVE AGREED TOGETHER TO TEMPT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD? This evidently in the apostle's mind is a serious aggravation of their guilt. They had agreed together to do this thin...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    WAS THIS THE FULL AMOUNT? Here was her chance to tell the truth that would have saved her, but she tells the lie which she and her husband had agreed to tell....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _It was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in._ PLAIN LANGUAGE I think that one of the master incantations, one of the most signal deceits, which we...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:9 Peter accused Sapphira of testing THE SPIRIT, an expression that echoes OT passages about testing the LORD (compare Exodus 17:2;

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:1. ANANIAS.—Perhaps the same name as Ananiah (Nehemiah 3:23) or Hananiah (1 Chronicles 3:21; Jeremiah 28:1;

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:9; 2 Kings 6:32; Acts 23:20; Acts 5:3; Acts 5:4;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Ye have agreed together [σ υ ν ε φ ω ν η θ η υ μ ι ν]. The verb is passive. Lit., was it agreed by you. The figure in the word is that of concord of sounds. Your souls were attuned to each other respe...

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