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Acts 5

Acts 5:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
a certain
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
man
aner (Greek #435)
a man (properly as an individual male)
KJV usage: fellow, husband, man, sir.
Pronounce: an'-ayr
Origin: a primary word (compare 444)
named
onoma (Greek #3686)
a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)
KJV usage: called, (+ sur-)name(-d).
Pronounce: on'-om-ah
Origin: from a presumed derivative of the base of 1097 (compare 3685)
Ananias
Ananias (Greek #367)
Ananias, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Ananias.
Pronounce: an-an-ee'-as
Origin: of Hebrew origin (02608)
, with
sun (Greek #4862)
with or together (but much closer than 3326 or 3844), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
KJV usage: beside, with. In composition it has similar applications, including completeness.
Pronounce: soon
Origin: a primary preposition denoting union
Sapphira
Sappheire (Greek #4551)
Sapphire, an Israelitess
KJV usage: Sapphira.
Pronounce: sap-fi'-ray
Origin: feminine of 4552
his
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
wife
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
gune (Greek #1135)
a woman; specially, a wife
KJV usage: wife, woman.
Pronounce: goo-nay'
Origin: probably from the base of 1096
, sold
poleo (Greek #4453)
to barter (as a pedlar), i.e. to sell
KJV usage: sell, whatever is sold.
Pronounce: po-leh'-o
Origin: probably ultimately from πέλομαι (to be busy, to trade)
a possession
ktema (Greek #2933)
an acquirement, i.e. estate
KJV usage: possession.
Pronounce: ktay'-mah
Origin: from 2932
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Ananias,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-11:  After that Ananias and Sapphira his wife for their hypocrisy, at Peter's rebuke had fallen down dead;
12-13:  and that the rest of the apostles had wrought many miracles;
14-16:  to the increase of the faith;
17-18:  the apostles are again imprisoned;
19-20:  but delivered by an angel bidding them preach openly to all;
21-28:  when, after their teaching accordingly in the temple,
29-32:  and before the council,
33-40:  they are in danger to be killed; but through the advice of Gamaliel, a great counsellor among the Jews, they are kept alive, and are only beaten;
41-42:  for which they glorify God, and cease no day from preaching.
Cir. A.M. 4038.
A.D. 34.
Lev. 10:1‑3• 1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.
 2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
 3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. (Lev. 10:1‑3)
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Josh. 6:1• 1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. (Josh. 6:1)
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Matt. 13:47‑48• 47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
 48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. (Matt. 13:47‑48)
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John 6:37• 37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)
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2 Tim. 2:20• 20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. (2 Tim. 2:20)
• Things among men are often merely imitative. We have such hearts that even the desire to seem devoted may be imitated, and, evidently, Ananias and Sapphira desired to appear as devoted, in the eyes of men, as Barnabas really was. Alas!! they did not think of how their actions would appear to the Lord. (“Tempting the Spirit of the Lord” by W.T.P. Wolston)
• There are some who wished to have the credit of devotedness which the Holy Spirit produces, although devoid of that faith in God, and that self-renunciation, which, showing itself in the path of love, constitutes all the value and all the truth of this devotedness. (“Acts 5” by J.N. Darby)
• The flesh would gladly gain the highest credit to itself at the least possible cost. (“Acts 5:1-11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

W. Kelly Translation

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But a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession