King James Version
Acts 5:2 in the King James Version says “And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostle...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And 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.”
Acts 5:2 · KJV
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
And 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.
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? to lie to: or, to deceive
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own ? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“part of”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“the price”
G5092a value, i.e., money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself
“being privy”
G4894to see completely; used (like its primary) only in two past tenses, respectively meaning to understand or become aware, and to be conscious or (clande
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“brought”
G5342to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
“it at”
G3844properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subj
“the apostles”
G652a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the gospel; officially a commissioner of christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
“and laid”
G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from g2476, which pr
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