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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?
Acts 5:3 — KJV
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Acts 5:3
King James Version (KJV)
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Acts 5:3
Verse 3 of 42
Commentary
Commentary on Acts 5:3
Theological / DevotionalPeter. The spokesman for the church.
Why? If Ananias had wished, he could have resisted the temptation. Had he resisted, the tempter would have fled from him (James 4:7).
Satan filled thine heart. Peter traced evil to its source. His knowledge of what Ananias and Sapphira were doing came from the gift of discernment (1 Cor. 2:14; 12:10). In sad contrast to this, Ananias had opened his heart to Satan until his mind was full of covetous and deceitful thoughts.
Holy Ghost. The Spirit had been given to guide the believers into all truth (John 16:13), but Ananias was trying, vainly, to deceive the Spirit of truth (see on John 14:17, 26; 16:13).
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