Acts 5:3

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled yours heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, (o. pneuma) and to keep back part of the price of the land?

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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?

In Context

2And 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.

4While it remained, was it not yours own? and after it was sold, was it not in yours own power? why have you conceived this thing in yours heart? you have not lied unto men, but unto God.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The serpent misled me, and I did eat.

Deuteronomy 23:21When you shall vow a vow unto the LORD your God, you shall not slack to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

1 Chronicles 21:1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

Psalms 94:7Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

Ecclesiastes 5:4When you vow a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.

Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.

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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