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Commentaries on Acts 5:10

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Then fell she down straightway at his feet,.... In like manner, and by the same hand of God as her husband before: and yielded up the ghost; died directly: and the young men came in and found her dead; the young men who had been to inter her husband came into the house at that instant, and found her dead upon the floor, at the feet of the Apostle Peter: and carrying her forth, buried her by her...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. The sin and punishment of Ananias and Sapphira, who, for lying to the Holy Ghost, were struck dead at the word of Peter, ver. 1-11. II. The flourishing state of the church, in the power that went along with the preaching of the gospel, ver. 12-16. III. The imprisonment of the apostles, and their miraculous discharge out of prison, with fresh orders to go on to preach...