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Acts 5:11
And great fear came upon all the church,.... Which was still more increased by this instance of Sapphira's death:
and upon as many as heard these things; who were not of the church;
And great fear came upon all the church,.... Which was still more increased by this instance of Sapphira's death:
and upon as many as heard these things; who were not of the church;
Verse Acts 5:11. _GREAT FEAR CAME UPON ALL THE CHURCH_] This judgment answered the end for which it was inflicted; a deeply religious fear occupied every mind, and hypocrisy and deception were banish...
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)...
UPON. Greek. _epi._ CHURCH. App-180. AS MANY AS. all those who....
_And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things_ Lit. _upon the whole church and upon all that heard_, &c. To produce such a fear as should deter others from a like of...
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...
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...
ΚΑῚ ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ Κ.Τ.Λ., _and great fear came upon the whole Church, and upon all that heard these things_. To produce such a fear as should deter others from a like offence was God’s intention in this mir...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 5:5. ΆΚΟΎΟΝΤΑΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 5:5. Part, в роли _subst._ Как верующие, так и те, кто об этом услышал, сильно испугались....
AND GREAT FEAR CAME UPON ALL, &C.— In the striking narrative before us, we have an example of the severest temporal punishment inflicted throughout the New Testament; a punishment inflicted by the apo...
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,
11. The failure of the plot proved as propitious to the cause of truth as its success would have been disastrous. (11) "_And great fear came upon all the Church, and upon all who had heard these thing...
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. AND GREAT FEAR CAME UPON ALL THE CHURCH. No doubt this effect on the Christian community itself was the chief design...
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 GREAT FEAR CAME UPON ALL THE CHURCH. — With the exception of the doubtful reading in Acts 2:47, this is the first occurrence of the word _ecclesia_ since the two instances in which our Lord had us...
φόβος μέγας : evidently one purpose in the infliction of this stern penalty was at once obtained, see above on Acts 5:5. ἐφʼ ὅλην τὴν ἐκκλησίαν : St. Luke, as it seems, uses the word ἐκκλησία here for...
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...
(2) And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (2) The Lord by his marvellous power bridles some so that they may not hurt the Church: others he keeps in awe and...
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...
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (12) And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one...
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...
11._And there came fear. _He saith, again, that the punishment of one was a lesson to all. But he plainly expresseth in this place a double fear. He saith that the Church feared, because the faithful...
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 great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. Ver. 11. _And great fear_] _See Trapp on "_ Act 5:5 _"_ _Laudo Venetos, apud quos unicum publicae pecuniae intervertis...
_And great fear came upon all the church_ All that had joined themselves to it were struck with a holy awe of God and his judgments, and with a great veneration of this dispensation of the Spirit, whi...
AND GREAT FEAR CAME UPON ALL THE CHURCH, AND UPON AS MANY AS HEARD THESE THINGS. Whether the information concerning the death of her husband had been withheld from Sapphira by the command of Peter, or...
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...
SO GREAT FEAR CAME UPON ALL THE CHURCH AND UPON ALL WHO HEARD THESE THINGS. 1. Great fear (both kinds) came up the church. 2. After seeing this - Would you walk up to Peter and lie? 3. There was fe...
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things. 'GREAT FEAR CAME UPON THE WHOLE CHURCH'-This event impressed the Christians with the authority the apostles possessed....
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...
Thus upon the smiting of so many men in and about Bethshemesh, 1 SAMUEL 6:20, they wisely demand, WHO IS ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THIS HOLY LORD GOD? And upon the slaying of Uzzah, 2 SAMUEL 6:9, _David wa...
11. The failure of the plot proved as propitious to the cause of truth as its success would have been disastrous. (11) " And great fear came upon all the Church, and upon all who had heard these thing...
Acts 5:11 So G2532 great G3173 fear G5401 came G1096 (G5633) upon G1909 all G3650 church G1577 and...
‘ And great fear came on the whole church, and on all who heard these things.' Meanwhile the news of what had happened spread around, and the whole church were filled with awe and with the recognitio...
_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 5:11. AND GREAT FEAR CAME UPON ALL THE CHURCH, AND UPON AS MANY AS HEARD THESE THINGS. Within and without the story was told. On the Church, in all the city and neighbourhood, on many an indiffer...
UPON THE WHOLE CHURCH (εφ' ολην την εκκλησιαν). Here εκκλησια for the first time in Acts of the believers in Jerusalem. Twice already in the Gospels, once of the whole body of believers or the Kingd...
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...
WERE FILLED WITH GREAT FEAR. This incident showed the reality of sin! Neither sin nor salvation are "make-believe!" What these two did was blasphemy! [Not _fear,_ but _love,_ is the ULTIMATE MOTIVATIO...
_And great fear came upon all the Church._ AFTER JUDGMENT, REVIVAL The case of Ananias served several important ends. I. It bore a very emphatic testimony to truth. Falsehood in the world was a grea...
_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,...
1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 10:12; 1 Peter 1:17; Acts 19:17;...