Study it in the app“While it remained unsold, did it not remain yours? And after it was sold, was it not under your authority? Why did you put this deed in your heart? You did not lie to people but to God.””
While it remained unsold,μένονdid it notοὐχὶremainἔμενενyours?σοὶAndκαὶafter it was sold,πραθὲνwas itὑπῆρχενnot underἐνyourτῇ σῇauthority?ἐξουσίᾳWhyτί ὅτιdid you putἔθουthisτοῦτοdeedτὸ πρᾶγμαinἐνyourσουheart?τῇ καρδίᾳYou did notοὐκlieἐψεύσωto peopleἀνθρώποιςbutἀλλὰto God.”τῷ θεῷ
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “menon” appearsnot
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
Where else “ouchi” appearssell
Sell.
Where else “prathen” appearsbe
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hypērchen” appearsyour, yours
Your, yours (of one person).
Where else “sēi” appearsauthority
The right to command or act.
Where else “exousiai” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “ethou” appearsdeed
Something done.
Where else “pragma” appearsheart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardiai” appearslie
To lie.
Where else “epseusō” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpois” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back part of the price of the land?
4 · This verse (above)
5And hearing these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.
1. What it says
What did Ananias and Sapphira do with the money from their land, and what happened? (vv. 1-10)
2. What it means
Gamaliel advises leaving the apostles alone. What reason does he give, and what do you think of his way of reasoning? (vv. 34-39)
3. How I live it
When are you tempted to look more generous or more sincere than you are? What helps you be honest?
