Cselekedetek 5:5

Biblia Karoli Gaspar

Hallván pedig Anániás e szavakat, lerogyott és meghala; és mindenekben nagy félelem támada, kik ezeket hallják vala.

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hearing: Acts 5:10, Acts 5:11, Acts 13:11, Numbers 16:26-33, 2 Kings 1:10-14, 2 Kings 2:24, Jeremiah 5:14, 1 Corinthians 4:21, 2 Corinthians 10:2-6, 2 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 13:10, Revelation 11:5

great: Acts 5:11, Acts 5:13, Acts 2:43, Leviticus 10:3, Numbers 16:34, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 17:13, Deuteronomy 13:11, Deuteronomy 21:21, Joshua 22:20, 1 Samuel 6:19-21, 1 Chronicles 13:12, 1 Chronicles 15:13, Psalms 64:9, Psalms 119:120, 2 Corinthians 7:11, Revelation 11:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:8 - gave Exodus 19:22 - break Exodus 30:20 - die not Leviticus 10:2 - they died 1 Samuel 28:19 - and to morrow 2 Kings 5:27 - leprosy Proverbs 21:11 - the scorner Ecclesiastes 7:17 - why Ezekiel 11:13 - when Luke 1:65 - fear Luke 7:16 - a fear Acts 19:17 - and fear Galatians 5:12 - cut 1 Timothy 5:20 - that others 1 Timothy 6:9 - which Revelation 11:11 - great

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Ananias hearing these words,.... Of Peter's; by which he found his sin was detected, and by which he was convicted of it: and which set forth the evil nature of it, with its aggravated circumstances; and such power went along with them, and they cut so deep, as that immediately

he fell down and gave up the ghost; which is an instance of what the Jews call death by the hand of heaven: and this was done either by an angel; or rather by an extraordinary gift bestowed on Peter, being such an one as the Apostle Paul had, and used, when he smote Elymas the sorcerer with blindness, and delivered the incestuous person, and Alexander and Hymeneus to Satan.

And great fear came upon all them that heard these things; both upon the members of the church, and so was of service to make them careful of their words and actions, and cautious and circumspect in their lives and conversations; and upon those that were without, and might be a means of making them fearful of speaking against them, or mocking at them, or of joining themselves to them, without being thoroughly satistied that they should, and had a right, and were meet for it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Ananias, hearing these words ... - Seeing that his guilt was known, and being charged with the enormous crime of attempting to deceive God. He had not expected to be thus exposed; and it is clear that the exposure and the charge came upon him unexpectedly and terribly, like a bolt of thunder.

Fell down - Greek: Having fallen down.

Gave up the ghost - This is an unhappy translation. The original means simply “he expired,” or “he died.” Compare the notes on Matthew 27:50. This remarkable fact may be accounted for in this way:

1. It is evidently to be regarded as a “judgment” of God for the sin of Ananias and his wife. It was not the act of Peter, but of God, and was clearly designed to show his abhorrence of this sin. See remarks on Acts 5:11.

(2)Though it was the act of God, yet it does not follow that it was not in connection with the usual laws by which he governs people, or that he did not make use of natural means to do it. The sin was one of great aggravation. It was suddenly and unexpectedly detected. The fast that it was known, and the solemn charge that he had “lied unto God,” struck him with horror. His conscience would reprove him for the enormity of his crime, and overwhelm him at the memory of his wickedness. These circumstances may be sufficient to account for this remarkable event. It has occurred in other cases that the consciousness of crime, or the fact of being suddenly detected, has given such a shock to the frame that it has never recovered from it. The effect “commonly” is that the memory of guilt preys secretly and silently upon the frame, until, worn out with the lack of rest and peace, it sinks exhausted into the grave. But there have not been missing instances where the shock has been so great as to destroy the vital powers at once, and plunge the wretched man, like Ananias, into eternity. It is not at all improbable that the shock in the case of Ananias was so great as at once to take his life.

Great fear came ... - Such a striking and awful judgment on insincerity and hypocrisy was suited to excite awful emotions among the people. Sudden death always does it; but sudden death in immediate connection with crime is suited much more deeply to affect the mind.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:5. Fell down, and gave up the ghost — πεσων εξεψυξε, Falling down, he expired, breathed his last: "Gave up the ghost" is a very improper translation here. Genesis 25:8, and Matthew 27:50. Two things may be remarked here:

1. That the sin of this person was of no ordinary magnitude, else God would not have visited it with so signal a punishment.

2. That Peter must have had the power to discern the state of the heart, else he had not known the perfidy of Ananias. This power, commonly called the discernment of spirits, the apostles had as a particular gift, not probably always but at select times, when God saw it necessary for the good of his Church.