Acts 5:4

Emphatically-not[?], remaining to{you}, it-has-been-remaining, and liquidated-for-sale in to{the your authority} it-has-been-originating-under[?] What[?] that you-place-such-as-to-be-placed in to{the heart} of{you} the practice-effect, the-same[?] You-do_not_falsify-such-as-to-be-falsified to{men}; contrariwise, to{the God}."

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

In Context

3Moreover, Peter says, "Ananias, through what[?] the Satan/adversary fills-full the heart of{you} to-falsify-such-as-to-be-falsified, you, the Spirit, the Holy, and to-set-aside-for-self/keep-back from of{the value} of{the space[i.e. land]}[?]

5Moreover, Ananias, hearing the words, the-same, fall[ing], lifes-out, and great fear is-become upon all the hearing.

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Matthew Henry on Acts 5:2-12

The Case of Ananias and Sapphira. 1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 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. 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine… Read the whole commentary →

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