geneva Acts:4:32-5:11
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geneva@Acts:4:33 @ And with great power gaue the Apostles witnes of the resurrection of the Lord Iesus: and great grace was vpon them all.
geneva@Acts:4:34 @
geneva@Acts:4:35 @ And layde it downe at the Apostles feete, and it was distributed vnto euery man, according as he had neede.
geneva@Acts:4:36 @ Also Ioses which was called of the Apostles, Barnabas (that is by interpretation the sonne of consolation) being a Leuite, and of the countrey of Cyprus,
geneva@Acts:4:37 @ Where as he had land, solde it, and brought the money, & laid it downe at the Apostles feete.
geneva@Acts:5:1 @ But (note:)Luke shows by contrary examples how great a sin hypocrisy is, especially in those who under a false pretence and cloak of zeal seem to shine and be of great importance in the Church.(:note) a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
geneva@Acts:5:2 @ And (note:)Craftily took away.(:note) 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.
geneva@Acts:5:3 @ But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan (note:)Fully possessed.(:note) filled thine heart For when they had appointed that farm or possession for the Church, they were foolish to keep away a part of the price, as though they were dealing with men, and not with God, and therefore he says afterwards that they tempted God. to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?
geneva@Acts:5:4 @ Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou (note:)By this is meant an advised and purposeful deceit, and the fault of the man in listening to the devil's suggestions.(:note) conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
geneva@Acts:5:5 @ Now when Ananias heard these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the ghost. Then great feare came on all them that heard these things.
geneva@Acts:5:6 @ And the yong men rose vp, and tooke him vp, and caried him out, and buried him.
geneva@Acts:5:7 @ And it came to passe about the space of three houres after, that his wife came in, ignorant of that which was done.
geneva@Acts:5:8 @ And Peter sayd vnto her, Tell me, solde ye the land for so much? And she sayd, Yea, for so much.
geneva@Acts:5:9 @ Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to (note:)Look how often men do things with an evil conscience; and so they pronounce sentence against themselves, and as much as in them lies, they provoke God to anger, as they do this on purpose, in order to test whether he is just and almighty or not.(:note) tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband [are] at the Are at hand. door, and shall carry thee out.
geneva@Acts:5:10 @ Then she fell downe straightway at his feete, and yeelded vp the ghost: and the yong men came in, and found her dead, and caried her out, and buried her by her husband.
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