使徒行传 5:5-6 CUNPSS

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 5:5

And Ananias hearing these words ,.... Of Peter's; by which he found his sin was detected, and by which he was convicted of it: and which set forth the evil nature of it, with its aggravated circumstances; and such power went along with them, and they cut so deep, as that immediately he fell down and gave up the ghost ; which is an instance of what the Jews call death by the hand of heaven: and this was done either by an angel; or rather by an extraordinary gift bestowed on Peter, being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:6

And the young men arose ,.... The younger brethren of the church, who were robust, and strong, and fit for the following service: these rose up from their seats at once, not willing that such an awful spectacle should lie long before them: and wound him up ; in linen clothes, as was the manner of the Jews: and carried him out : of the house where they were, and out of the city; for the burying places of the Jews were without the city: and buried him ; which was all done in a very... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Fell down, and gave up the ghost - Πεσων εξεψυξε , Falling down, he expired, breathed his last: "Gave up the ghost" is a very improper translation here. See the notes on Genesis 25:8 , and on Matthew 27:50 ; (note). Two things may be remarked here: That the sin of this person was of no ordinary magnitude, else God would not have visited it with so signal a punishment. 2. That Peter must have had the power to discern the state of the heart, else he had not known the perfidy of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:6

The young men arose - Some of the stout young men belonging to the disciples then present, who were the fittest to undertake a work of this kind, which required considerable bodily exertion. Buried him - This was on the same day in which he died. It was a clear case that he was dead, and dead by a judgment of God that would not be revoked. As therefore it was no case of suspended animation, there was no reason to delay the burial. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 5 5.When Ananias heard these things. The death of Ananias doth, indeed, declare and prove the force of the word, which Paul cloth highly extol; to wit, that it is the savor of death unto death to those which perish, (2 Corinthians 2:16.) He speaketh, indeed, of the spiritual death of the soul, but there was a visible sign in the body of Ananias of that punishment which cannot be seen with the eyes of men. He was not slain with sword, by force, nor hand, but was stricken dead with the only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-6

The death of Arian Raphael's cartoon manifestly founded, not on the simple narrative of Acts, but on the corrupt Church's falsification of it. The apostles represented on a throne, from which with despotic decree they command men to death. Our object is not to terrify men into religion and ecclesiastical submission, but to win them to Christ; to save men's lives, not to destroy them. Solemn and awful as the facts are, they are yet beams from the Sun of Righteousness. I. A revelation of... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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 5:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:6

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:6

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

Group of Brands