Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Acts 5:8
Answered; said.
So much; the sum that Ananias had brought, as if it were the whole price of the land.
Answered; said.
So much; the sum that Ananias had brought, as if it were the whole price of the land.
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...
FOR SO MUCH - That is, for the sum which Ananias had presented. This was true, that this sum had been received for it; but it was also true that a larger sum had been received. It is as really a false...
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)...
ANSWERED. App-122. WHETHER. if. App-118....
_And Peter answered unto her_ This use of the English verb _answer_, where no question has preceded and often where no remark has gone before, is not uncommon in the Bible (cp. 1 Kings 13:6; Daniel 2:...
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...
ΠΡῸΣ ΑΥ̓ΤῊΝ for αὐτῇ with אABD. 8. ἈΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ, _answered_. This verb is not unfrequently used both in LXX. and N.T. where no question has preceded, and often where no remark has gone before (see Deutero...
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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΕΊΠΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΤΟΣΟΎΤΟΥ _gen. sing. от_ ΤΟΣΟΎΤΟΣ (G5118) столь многий, столький. _Gen._ стоимости, ΆΠΈΔ...
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,
8-10. She came in prepared to act out fully the part which she had agreed upon with her husband. (8) "_Then Peter answered her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much? She said, Yes; for so muc...
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. AND PETER ANSWERED UNTO HER, TELL ME WHETHER YE SOLD THE LAND FOR SO MUCH? - naming the s...
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...
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...
AND PETER ANSWERED UNTO HER. — The word does not necessarily imply a previous questioning, but it is probable enough that she came to inquire why her husband had not returned home; perhaps, expecting...
τοσούτου, _monstrat pecuniam_, Blass, so Zöckler, Holtzmann, Felten, Weiss, and others: genitive of the price. The position of the word in the question is emphatic, _cf._ Luke 15:29. Blass would rende...
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...
_Yea, for so much. That is, for the same sum as Ananias mentioned. This the wife said, not knowing what had happened to her husband. (Witham)_...
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...
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...
8._Tell me. _We see that God doth not by and by (243) punish her, but first he trieth the matter thoroughly, lest he should send vengeance upon any save the obstinate, and those which will not be pard...
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...
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 ar...
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Ver. 8. _Yea, for so much_] Sin had woaded an impudence in her face. How much better that br...
_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...
AND PETER ANSWERED UNTO HER, TELL ME WHETHER YE SOLD THE LAND FOR SO MUCH. AND SHE SAID, YEA, FOR SO MUCH....
The death of Sapphira:...
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...
AND PETER ANSWERED HER, " TELL ME WHETHER YOU SOLD THE LAND FOR SO MUCH? " SHE SAID, " YES, FOR SO MUCH. " 1. Peter is more concerned with getting to the truth. Did you sell for so much? She says, "Y...
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yea, for so much. 'TELL ME WHETHER YE SOLD THE LAND FOR SO MUCH'-Notice how God is merciful. God gives Sapphir...
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...
PETER ANSWERED; an ordinary Hebraism, by which one that speaketh first is said an answer, if it be tending towards my discourse especially. FOR SO MUCH; the certain price is not mentioned, as not bein...
8-10. She came in prepared to act out fully the part which she had agreed upon with her husband. (8) "_ Then Peter answered her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much? She said, Yes; for so mu...
Acts 5:8 And G1161 Peter G4074 answered G611 (G5662) her G846 Tell G2036 (G5628) me G3427 whether...
And Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” ' Peter then asked her as to whether the land had been sold at the price stated. Perhaps he...
_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...
Acts 5:8. AND PETER ANSWERED UNTO HER. Her entrance into the assembly of saints, where one sad thought was present in each one's heart, was, as Bengel happily says, equivalent to her speaking. So Pete...
FOR SO MUCH (τοσουτου). Genitive of price. Perhaps Peter pointed to the pile of money at the feet of the apostles (verse Acts 5:2). The use of ε in direct questions appears in Luke (Luke 13:23; Luke...
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...
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....
_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...
_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,...
Answered. "The woman, whose entrance into the assembly of the saints was like a speech" (Bengel). For so much [τ ο σ ο υ τ ο υ]. Perhaps pointing to the money still lying at his feet....
If ye sold the land for so much — Naming the sum....