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Acts 5:1 KJV
Acts · chapter 5 · verse 1
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,Acts 5:1 · King James Version
Acts 5:1 in context
1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2And 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.
3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SapphirasapphiraSapphira = "a sapphire", the wife of AnaniasG4551 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- AnaniashananiasAnanias = " whom Jehovah has graciously given" , a certain Christian at…G367 →
- namedonomaname univ. of proper names, the name is used for everything which the name covers…G3686 →
- wifegynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- soldpōleōto barter, to sell, sellersG4453 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11