使徒行傳 5:7-9 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

The chapter begins with a melancholy but, which puts a stop to the pleasant and agreeable prospect of things which we had in the foregoing chapters; as every man, so every church, in its best state has its but. 1. The disciples were very holy, and heavenly, and seemed to be all exceedingly good; but there were hypocrites among them, whose hearts were not right in the sight of God, who, when they were baptized, and took upon them the form of godliness, denied the power of godliness, and stopped... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 5:1-11

5:1-11 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 laid it at the feet of the apostles. Peter said to him, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you have deceived the Holy Spirit and kept back part of the price of your ground? While it remained yours did it not remain your own, and after it had been sold was it not entirely at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:7

And it was about the space of three hours after ,.... The death of Ananias. So much time was taken up in burying of him; and in less time it could not well be, since the burying places of the Jews were without the city, as before observed: and if they were as distant from other cities, as they were from the cities of the Levites, they were, as Dr. Lightfoot shows from Maimonides F7 Shemitta Veyobel, c. 13. sect. 2. , above a mile and half off: though there is a Jewish canon which runs... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:8

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 are frequent instances in the sacred writings: tell me whether ye sold the land for so much ; naming the sum of money which Ananias had brought; though the historian does not mention it. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "tell me, O woman", &c.; not calling her by her name, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:9

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 commendable; but to agree in a fraud, in a lie, is very dreadful: to tempt the Spirit of the Lord ; to try whether the apostles had the Spirit of the Lord, or not; and whether the Spirit of the Lord that was in them was omniscient and omnipotent, would take any notice of it, and inflict... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:7

Verse 7 7.That punishment wherewith the Lord punished Sapphira containeth no new thing, save only that the example was the more confirmed thereby. And it came to pass by the certain providence of God, that the Church should see apart the obstinate wickedness and treacherous mind of them both. Seeing their faults were alike, they might have been known together; but this was more fit and profitable for the Church, that they might severally bewray their own wickedness. Neither was Sapphira... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:8

Verse 8 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 pardoned. (244) For although Sapphira did know that the matter was hidden, she ought to have been stricken with this question of Peter, no otherwise than if she had been cited to appear before the judgment-seat of God. She hath a time granted her to repent; yea, this is, as it were, a pleasant... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:9

Verse 9 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, because they had cunningly packed their fraud, as if the Spirit of God were not the knower of the hearts. For it was a point of too great carelessness, seeing the one made the other privy to their wickedness, to make their match between themselves, having, as it were, excluded God. For the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-10

A fatal forgetfulness. There are several truths which this sad incident suggests to us. We may view them thus— I. THAT A NEW ENTERPRISE MAY SURVIVE A VERY DAMAGING BLOW . It was a very serious misfortune to the new Church that two of its members should commit a sin worthy of death, and pay that terrible penalty in the view of all. The apostles must have felt that they and the cause with which they were identified had received a severe blow; but it was far from being a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 5:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-10

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