John Gill Commentary Acts 5:8

John Gill Commentary

Acts 5:8

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Acts 5:8

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yea, for so much." — Acts 5:8 (ASV)

And Peter answered to her
Who might be inquiring for her husband; though such a way of speaking was common with the Jews, when nothing goes before to which the answer is made; of which there are frequent instances in the sacred writings:

tell me whether you sold the land for so much ;
naming the sum of money which Ananias had brought; though the historian does not mention it. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "tell me, O woman" not calling her by her name, as he did her husband, (Acts 5:3)

yes, she said for so much ;
just that sum, and no more.