Acts 5:2
“And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And kept back part of the price,.... At which the possession was sold; he reserved it for his own use, after he had…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And kept back - The word used here means properly “to separate, to part:” and then it means to “separate surreptitiously…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Kept back part of the price - Ananias and Sapphira were evidently persons who professed faith in Christ with the rest of…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 5:1-11
The chapter begins with a melancholy but, which puts a stop to the pleasant and agreeable prospect of things which we…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
and kept back part of the price i.e. while at the same time they professed to be bringing the whole sum into the common…
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