Acts 5:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

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

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...
Acts 5:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And (a) 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. (a) Craftily took away.
Acts 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 Corinthian...
Acts 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Kept back part of the price - Ananias and Sapphira were evidentl...
Acts 5:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But a certain man, &c.— In Psalms 110 where our Saviour is prophetically described in the person of a king advanced to the throne of divine majesty, glorious and triumphant, it is said, that...
Acts 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to...
Acts 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

V. (1, 2) A certain man named Ananias. — The name meets us again as belonging to the high priest in Acts 23:2 , and was the Greek form of the Hebrew Hananiah. It had the same significance as John...
Acts 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (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 apostl...
Acts 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And kept back part of the price ,.... At which the possession was sold; he reserved it for his own use, after he had given out that he sold it for the service of the church: his wife also being pr...
Acts 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 2. And kept back part ] Interverted, ενοσφισατο, purloi...
Acts 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Kept back part of the price, when they had vowed the whole to God and his service, which made it a robbing of God, whatsoever pretence they might possibly have of detaining some part for their own...
Acts 5:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being associated with him in it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at...
Acts 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ananias and Sapphira. The sin and death of Ananias:
Acts 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:10 ; 2 Kings 5:21-25 ; 2 Peter 2:14 ; 2 Peter 2:15 ; Acts 4:34 ; Acts 4:35 ; Acts 4:37 ; Acts 5:9 ; John 12:6 ; Joshua 7:11 ; Joshua 7:12 ; Malachi 1:14 ; Malachi 3:8 ; Mala...
Acts 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And bringing a certain part — As if it had been the whole: perhaps saying it was so.

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

Acts 5:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 5:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 5:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 5:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 5:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 5:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 5:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 5:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes