Acts 5:7

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
was	ἐγένετο egeneto	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
about	ὡς hōs	G5613	which how · particle
space	διάστημα diastēma	G1292	an interval · noun — nominative singular neuter
three	τριῶν triōn	G5140	"three" · adjective — genitive plural feminine
hours	ὡρῶν hōrōn	G5610	an "hour" (literally or figuratively) · noun — genitive plural feminine
his	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
wife	γυνὴ gunē	G1135	a woman · noun — nominative singular feminine
not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
knowing	εἴδω eídō	G1492	used only in certain past tenses
what	ἡ hē	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative singular feminine
done	γεγονὸς gegonos	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second perfect active participle, accusative singular neuter
in	εἰσῆλθεν. eisēlthen	G1525	to enter (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:1-11

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; but there were hypocrites among them, whose hearts were not right in the sight of God, who, when they were baptized, and took upon them the form of godliness, denied the power of godliness, and stopped short of that. There is a mixture of bad with good in the best societies on this side heaven; tares will grow among the wheat until the harvest. 2. It was the praise of the disciples that they came up…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:7

Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much--naming the sum.

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:6

The young men arose - Some of the stout young men belonging to the disciples then present, who were the fittest to undertake a work of this kind, which required considerable bodily exertion. Buried him - This was on the same day in which he died. It was a clear case that he was dead, and dead by a judgment of God that would not be revoked. As therefore it was no case of suspended animation, there was no reason to delay the burial.

John Gill on Acts 5:7

And it was about the space of three hours after,.... The death of Ananias. So much time was taken up in burying of him; and in less time it could not well be, since the burying places of the Jews were without the city, as before observed: and if they were as distant from other cities, as they were from the cities of the Levites, they were, as Dr. Lightfoot shows from Maimonides (g), above a mile and half off: though there is a Jewish canon which runs thus (h); "they put carcasses, graves, and tanners, fifty cubits from a city.'' So that to go thither, open the grave, inter the dead, and return, must take up so much time; and so much time his wife had to reflect upon what she and her husban…

The Church Fathers

Because Peter did not call her, but waited for her to enter when she herself wished, she having been given the power both to recover her senses and not to enter shamelessly. She entered, however, ignorant of what had happened to the man, for no one dared to reveal it to her out of fear and reverence for the Master. Yet the interval of three hours would have been sufficient for news to spread among many, but they restrained themselves through fear. For Luke the evangelist, marveling at this also, states both: the span of hours and the woman's ignorance.
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts

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Dictionary and topics

Ananias — A common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah. (1.) One of the members of the church at Jerusalem, who conspired with his wife Sapphira to deceive the brethren, and who fell down and immediately expired…
Judgments of God — (1.) The secret decisions of God’s will (Ps. 110:5; 36:6). (2.) The revelations of his will (Ex. 21:1; Deut. 6:20; Ps. 119:7-175). (3.) The infliction of punishment on the wicked (Ex. 6:6; 12:12;…
Sapphira — Beautiful, the wife of Ananias (q.v.). She was a partner in his guilt and also in his punishment (Acts 5:1-11).
Ananias · of — of
Communism · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Covetousness · Exemplified: Ananias &c — Exemplified: Ananias &c
Hypocrites · Exemplified: Ananias — Exemplified: Ananias
Judgments · Upon individuals - Exemplified: Ananias, & c — Upon individuals - Exemplified: Ananias, & c
Land · Bought and — Bought and
Sapphira · Falsehood and — Falsehood and

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Acts 5:7

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Matthew Henry on Acts 5:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:7

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:6

John Gill on Acts 5:7

The Church Fathers

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Acts 5:7

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:7

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:6

John Gill on Acts 5:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 5:7-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 5:3-4