使徒行傳 5:7-9 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:7

And it was about, etc.; better rendered, with Meyer, and it cams to pass, after an interval of three hours, that his wife, etc. It is a Hebrew idiom (comp. Luke 5:12 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:7-10

Helpers in sin must be sharers in judgment. The share taken by Sapphira was manifestly a prominent and an active one. She and her husband were at full accord in the matter; and her sin is the more aggravated as she had a longer time to think it over, and had evidently planned what she would say and do if any remarks were made by the apostles or the brethren as to the gift of the land. "The question asked by St. Peter gave her an opening for repentance. It had been in her power to save... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:7-11

(or Acts 5:11 ) Conspiracy against God. While much in the previous paragraph repeated here, a new phase of sin presented. It was distinctly on the ground of deliberate agreement to tempt the Spirit of the Lord that Sapphira's death was added to that of her husband. I. The intimate connection of the proclamation of gospel truth and mercy with THE RENOVATION OF HUMAN SOCIETY . 1. Family life, domestic intimacy, the root of public life. We must choose all our relations... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:8

And Peter answered , etc., Point's question gave her the opportunity of confessing the fraud had she been penitent. The land (see note to Acts 5:1 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:9

But for then, A.V. ; they shall carry for carry, A.V. To tempt the Spirit, etc.; i.e. thus daringly to put the Holy Ghost on trial, whether or no he is able to discern the thoughts of your evil hearts (comp. Luke 4:12 ). The feet of them, etc. The burial, including the distance to and fro, had taken three hours, and they were just returning to the Christian assembly when Sapphira was confirming her guilt as an accomplice in her husband's lie. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:7

And it was about the space ... - As Sapphira had been no less guilty than her husband, so it was ordered in the providence of God that the same judgment should tome upon both. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:8

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 falsehood to deceive in this manner, as it would have been to have affirmed that they received much “more” than they actually did for the land. Falsehood consists in making an erroneous representation of a thing in any way for the purpose of deceiving. And “this” species is much more common than an open... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:9

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 Spirit of the Lord could not detect the crime. They did this by trying to see whether the Spirit of God could detect hypocrisy.At the door - Are near at hand. They had not yet returned. The dead were buried without the walls of cities; and the space of three hours, it seems, had elapsed before they... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 5:9

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