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Acts · chapter 5 · verse 4
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.Acts 5:4 · King James Version
Acts 5:4 in context
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?
4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
5And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
6And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
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Key words (Strong's)
- conceivedtithēmito set, put, place, to place or lay, to put down, lay down, to bend down, to lay off or…G5087 →
- remainedmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- powerexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- thinesouthy, theeG4675 →
- heartkardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- soldpipraskōto sell, of price, one into slavery, of the master to whom one is sold as a slave…G4097 →
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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