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Acts 5:9 KJV
Acts · chapter 5 · verse 9
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.Acts 5:9 · King James Version
Acts 5:9 in context
7And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
11And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
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Key words (Strong's)
- togethersymphōneōto agree together, to agree with one in making a bargain, to make an agreement, to bargainG4856 →
- husbandanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- buriedthaptōto bury, interG2290 →
- PeterpetrosPeter = " a rock or a stone" , one of the twelve disciples of JesusG4074 →
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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