Acts 5:4 NIV

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 5:4

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own ,.... Before it was sold, it was his own proper estate; he had the sole propriety in it, and could have kept it, or disposed of it as he pleased: he was not obliged to sell it, he might have kept it as his own property; for selling of possessions at this time was a voluntary thing; it was what no man was forced to; it was a pure act of liberality, and what was not enjoined by the apostles; every man was left to his liberty. And after it was sold,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:4

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? - See the note on Acts 5:2 , and see that also on Acts 2:44 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:4

Verse 4 4.Did it not remaining. This amplifieth the offense because he sinned, being enforced by no necessity. For seeing it is no just or lawful excuse to have been provoked by some other means, how much worse is it to run headlong unto wickedness willingly, and, as it were of set purpose to pull down God’s vengeance? We gather out of this, that no man was enforced to sell his goods or lands. For Peter saith, that Ananias had free liberty to keep both his land and his money; because in the... 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

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 5:3-4

The conviction of Ananias. St. Peter was, by natural disposition and the general consent, spokesman and interpreter for the Church. He could not have uttered these words to Ananias without a painful recalling of his own sin in the threefold denial of his Lord, and his own conviction of his sin at the sound of the cock-crowing. But compare St. Peter's sin with that of Ananias, and show why recovery was possible in his case, but only overwhelming judgment in the case of Ananias. We must also... 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 5:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:3-4

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