使徒行傳 5:1-2 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

The first hypocrisy. Hitherto all had been bright and beautiful in the new-born Church of God. Brotherly love, disinterested kindness to one another, heroic courage in the face of danger, unhesitating devotion to the service of the Lord Jesus Christ, and an unflinching profession of faith in his Name, had been the common characteristics of the multitude of them that believed. The Church was as the garden of the Lord in the midst of the world's wilderness. It was a bright spring-tide, soon,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

The sin of heart: untruth and its punishment. As the shadow follows the light, so Christianity has been marked in its progress by a deep and broadening shadow of hypocrisy. After the glorious picture of sunny days of the Spirit's life in the preceding chapter, a dark view of human deceit is presented. The root of bitterness springs up amidst the Divine delights of the time, and many are troubled. I. THE SIN OF ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA . Essentially it was the acting of a lie. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:1

But a certain man - In the previous chapter the historian had given an account of the eminent liberality and sincerity of the mass of early Christians, in being willing to give up their property to provide for the poor, and had mentioned the case of Barnabas as worthy of special attention. In this chapter he proceeds to mention a case, quite as striking, of insincerity, and hypocrisy, and of the just judgment of God on those who were guilty of it. The case is a remarkable instance of the nature... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:2

And kept back - The word used here means properly “to separate, to part:” and then it means to “separate surreptitiously or clandestinely for our own use” a part of public property, as taxes, etc. It is used but three times in the New Testament, Acts 5:3, and in Titus 2:10, where it is rendered “purloining.” Here it means that they “secretly” kept back a part, while “professedly” devoting all to God.His wife also being privy to it - His wife “knowing it,” and evidently concurring in it.And laid... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 5:1-2

Acts 5:1-2. But a certain man named Ananias A professor of the gospel, but certainly not a true believer, for all that truly believed were of one heart and of one soul, Acts 4:32. Probably he was not yet baptized, but intended now to offer himself for baptism; with Sapphira his wife Who concurred with him; sold a possession So the word κτημα , here used, properly signifies: what sort of a possession it was, we are not informed: for the word χωριον , (used Acts 5:8, and rendered ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 5:1-16

Sin, cleansing and further growth (4:32-5:16)Believers continued to sell their property and bring money from the sales to the apostles for distribution among the poor (32-35). One example of generosity came from a Jew from Cyprus who so consistently helped and encouraged others that people gave him a name to suit his character, Barnabas (meaning ‘son of encouragement’) (36-37).There was no rule that forced people to sell their property. When Ananias and Sapphira sold some property, their sin... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 5:1

certain. App-123 . man. App-123 . named = by name. Ananias. Ananias and Sapphira, names of grace and beauty attached to persons whose principles were bad. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 5:2

kept back. Greek. noaphizomai. Only here, Acts 5:3 . Tit 9:10 . of = from. App-104 . being privy to = being conscious of. Greek. suneidon. Only here, Acts 12:12 ; Acts 14:6 . 1 Corinthians 4:4 . at. App-104 . apostles'. App-189 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 5:1

This chapter recounts the tragic fall of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11), the continued success and popularity of the apostolic mission (Acts 5:12-16), the renewed opposition of the Sanhedrin with another arraignment of the apostles before them (Acts 5:17-32), the purpose of the Sanhedrin to slay the apostles thwarted by Gamaliel, and the beating of the Twelve by the Jewish authorities (Acts 5:33-42).But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. (Acts... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 5:2

And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet."This means that they secretly kept back a part, while professedly devoting all to God."[9] Their sin was that of pretending to a degree of generosity higher than they actually possessed, a pretense which they had determined to support with falsehood.The excessive enormity of this sin, in context, was that it placed in jeopardy the entire Christian movement. As Lange... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 5:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 5:1-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 5:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 5:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 5:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 5:2

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