Acts 5:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. ”

Acts 5:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (2) The Lord by his marvellous power bridles some so that they may not hurt the Church: others he keeps in awe an...
Acts 5:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ananias and Sapphira. Barnabas-' unworthy counterpart is Ananias, who, in league with his wife, was unwilling to part with all his property, but anxious to appear to have done so. Their crime was t...
Acts 5:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

upon. Greek. epi. church. App-180. as many as . all those who.
Acts 5:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. And there came fear. He saith, again, that the punishment of one was a lesson to all. But he plainly expresseth in this place a double fear. He saith that the Church feared, because the...
Acts 5:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. Great fear came upon all the Church - This judgment answered the end for which it was inflicted; a deeply religious fe...
Acts 5:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And great fear came upon all, &c.— In the striking narrative before us, we have an example of the severest temporal punishment inflicted throughout the New Testament; a punishment inflicted by...
Acts 5:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. And great fear came upon all the church. No doubt this effect on the Christian community itself was the chief...
Acts 5:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Apostles Again Imprisoned 1-16. The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was not keeping back part of the price, which they had a perfect right to do ( Acts 5:4 ), but pretending that the money which t...
Acts 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And great fear came upon all the church. — With the exception of the doubtful reading in Acts 2:47 , this is the first occurrence of the word ecclesia since the two instances in which our Lord h...
Acts 5:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Lying to the Holy Spirit Acts 4:36-37 ; Acts 5:1-11 The Spirit of God is the source of generous and liberal giving. It is a poor substitute to set up bazaars, and fairs, and ice cream suppers....
Acts 5:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have a terrible story. The account of Ananias and Sapphira stands in vivid contrast to that of Barnabas. The sin was dishonest dealing with the Holy Spirit. The judgment was swift and terribl...
Acts 5:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (12) And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with on...
Acts 5:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And great fear came upon all the church ,.... Which was still more increased by this instance of Sapphira's death: and upon as many as heard these things ; who were not of the church; Acts 5:5 ....
Acts 5:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. Ver. 11. And great fear ] See Trapp on " Act 5:5 " Laudo Venetos, apud quos unicum publicae pecuniae interver...
Acts 5:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And great fear came upon all the church All that had joined themselves to it were struck with a holy awe of God and his judgments, and with a great veneration of this dispensation of the Spirit, wh...
Acts 5:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Where God is working, however, the opposition of Satan soon becomes apparent. The evil begins (as evil always does) in an underhand manner, but is quickly exposed by God. Ananias and Sapphira certain...
Acts 5:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Case of Ananias and Sapphira. 1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 And kept back...
Acts 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thus upon the smiting of so many men in and about Bethshemesh, 1 Samuel 6:20 , they wisely demand, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And upon the slaying of Uzzah, 2 Samuel 6:9...
Acts 5:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And great fear came on the whole church, and on all who heard these things.' Meanwhile the news of what had happened spread around, and the whole church were filled with awe and with the recogniti...
Acts 5:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 5:1 . Ananias .—Perhaps the same name as Ananiah ( Nehemiah 3:23 ) or Hananiah ( 1 Chronicles 3:21 ; Jeremiah 28:1 ; Daniel 1:6 ), translated in the LXX. Ἀνανίας, and sig...
Acts 5:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 4:32-5 Ananias and Sapphira I. We have much need to lay to heart the lessons of this incident. Christ's Church has long since come to include so many false or unspiritual members, and to be...
Acts 5:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:3 . Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost. These words not only indicate that Ananias was a minister of the word, but that he for once had yielded his heart to...
Acts 5:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. Ananias and Sapphira The word Ananias means “grace of God”; and the word Sapphira signifies just “a sapphire,” the fa...
Acts 5:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 5:1 Ananias (Ἀνανίας) In Nehemiah 3:23 the Hebrew name היָנְנַעֲ (God covers or protects) is thus rendered in the LXX . But the name occurs nowhere else. The very co...
Acts 5:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The death of Sapphira:
Acts 5:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:11 ; 1 Corinthians 10:12 ; 1 Peter 1:17 ; Acts 19:17 ; Acts 5:5 ; Hebrews 11:7 ; Hebrews 12:15 ; Hebrews 12:28 ; Hebrews 4:1 ; Jeremiah 32:40 ; Philippians 2:12 ; Psalms...

Acts 5:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 5:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 5:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 5:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 5:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 5:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 5:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 5:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 5:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 5:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 5:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 5:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 5:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 5:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge