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The Sin Was Deception, Not Retention
Commentators unanimously clarify that Ananias and Sapphira's sin was not keeping part of the money; the property was theirs to do with as they pleased. Their transgression was hypocrisy—pretending to give the entire proceeds to gain the same reputation for sacrifice as Barnabas, while secretly holding some back. It was an 'acted lie' intended to deceive the community and God.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 5:1
18th Century
Theologian
CHAPTER 5
But a certain man. In the previous chapter, the historian had given an account of the eminent liberality and sincerity of…
AT Robertson
On Acts 5:1
Sold (επωλησεν). Aorist active indicative again, for a single case.
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 5:1–2
19th Century
Bishop
A certain man named Ananias.—We encounter the name again as belonging to the high priest in Acts 23:2; it was the Greek form of th…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 5:1
The details of the conspiracy are concisely stated. A certain Christian man named Ananias (meaning “God is gracious” in Hebrew) and his wife, Sapph…
John Calvin
On Acts 5:1
16th Century
Theologian
The things which Luke has reported until now showed that the company, which was gathered together under the name of Christ, was rather a company of…
John Gill
On Acts 5:1
17th Century
Pastor
But a certain man named Ananias
A name common among the Jews, the same with Hananiah, (Jeremiah 28:1) ([…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 5:1–11
17th Century
Minister
The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was that they were ambitious to be thought eminent disciples when they were not true disciples. Hypocrites may deny…