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George Lamsa Translation

Acts 5:11

And great fear came upon all the congregation and upon all who heard what had happened.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ananias;   Peter;   Vows;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fear;   Fear of God;   Godly Fear;   Reverence-Irreverence;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostle;   Church;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Collection;   Discipline;   Lie, Lying;   Punishment;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Covetousness;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sapphira;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Discerning of Spirits;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Death;   Holy;   Hypocrisy;   Unity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Church;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Sadducees;   Scribes;   Spiritual Gifts;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Church;   Church (2);   Pre-Eminence ;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ananias ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ananias;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Anani'as;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Millenarians;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Burial;   Church;   Covetousness;   Lie;   Peter, the First Epistle of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ananias;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for April 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.
King James Version (1611)
And great feare came vpon all the Church, and vpon as many as heard these things.
King James Version
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
English Standard Version
And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.
New American Standard Bible
And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard about these things.
New Century Version
The whole church and all the others who heard about these things were filled with fear.
Amplified Bible
And great fear and awe gripped the whole church, and all who heard about these things.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.
Legacy Standard Bible
And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard these things.
Berean Standard Bible
And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.
Contemporary English Version
The church members were afraid, and so was everyone else who heard what had happened.
Complete Jewish Bible
As a result of this, great fear came over the whole Messianic community, and indeed over everyone who heard about it.
Darby Translation
And great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.
Easy-to-Read Version
The whole church and all the other people who heard about this were filled with fear.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And great feare came on all the Church, and on as many as heard these things.
Good News Translation
The whole church and all the others who heard of this were terrified.
Lexham English Bible
And great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard about these things.
Literal Translation
And great fear came to be on all the assembly and on all those hearing these things.
American Standard Version
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.
Bible in Basic English
Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.
Hebrew Names Version
Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.
International Standard Version
And great fear seized the whole church and everyone else who heard about this.Acts 2:43; 5:5; 19:17;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And there was great fear upon all the church and in all them who heard.
Murdock Translation
11 And great fear was on all the assembly, and on all them that heard [fn] .
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And great feare came vpon all the Churche, and vpon as many as hearde these thynges.
English Revised Version
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.
World English Bible
Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon all that heard these things.
Weymouth's New Testament
This incident struck terror into the whole Church, and into the hearts of all who heard of it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And greet drede was maad in al the chirche, and in to alle that herden these thingis.
Update Bible Version
And great fear came on the whole church, and on all that heard these things.
Webster's Bible Translation
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
New English Translation
Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.
New King James Version
So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.
New Living Translation
Great fear gripped the entire church and everyone else who heard what had happened.
New Life Bible
Much fear came on all the church and on all who heard it.
New Revised Standard
And great fear seized the whole church and all who heard of these things.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there came great fear upon the whole assembly, and upon all them that heard these things.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came great fear upon the whole church and upon all that heard these things.
Revised Standard Version
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And great feare came on all the congregacion and on as many as hearde it.
Young's Literal Translation
and great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there came a greate feare ouer the whole congregacion, and ouer all the that herde it.
Mace New Testament (1729)
which affected the whole assembly, and all that heard of it with great dread.
THE MESSAGE
By this time the whole church and, in fact, everyone who heard of these things had a healthy respect for God. They knew God was not to be trifled with.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Word spread quickly that the new church wasn't one to be trifled with. No longer could you say one thing and do another. God was to be respected.

Contextual Overview

1 BUT a certain man called An-a-ni''as, to gether with his wife named Shapphi''ra, sold his field. 2 And he took some of the price and hid it, and his wife also knew of it, and he brought some of the money and placed it at the disposal of the apostles. 3 And Simon Peter said to him, An-a-ni''as, why has Satan so filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and hide part of the money of the price of the field? 4 Was it not your own before you sold it? And after it was sold, had you not the sole authority over its price? What made you think to do this thing? You have not only lied to men but to God. 5 And when An-a-ni''as heard these words, he fell down and died; and great fear came upon all of those who heard these things. 6 The younger men among them arose, and moved his body aside. Then they took him out and buried him. 7 Three hours later his wife also came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Simon Peter said to her, Tell me if you sold the field for this price? She said, Yea, for this price. 9 Then Simon Peter said to her, Because you have been partners to tempt the Spirit of the LORD, behold the feet of the men who have buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out also. 10 And in that very hour she fell down at their feet and died, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they picked her up and carried her away and buried her by the side of her husband.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 5:5, Acts 19:17, Psalms 89:7, Jeremiah 32:40, 1 Corinthians 10:11, 1 Corinthians 10:12, Philippians 2:12, Hebrews 4:1, Hebrews 11:7, Hebrews 12:15, Hebrews 12:28, 1 Peter 1:17, Revelation 15:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:3 - before Numbers 17:13 - any thing Proverbs 21:11 - the scorner Song of Solomon 6:1 - that Jonah 1:16 - feared Luke 1:65 - fear Luke 5:26 - and were Luke 7:16 - a fear Acts 2:43 - fear 1 Timothy 5:20 - that others Revelation 11:11 - great

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And great fear came upon all the church,.... Which was still more increased by this instance of Sapphira's death:

and upon as many as heard these things; who were not of the church;

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:11. Great fear came upon all the Church — This judgment answered the end for which it was inflicted; a deeply religious fear occupied every mind, and hypocrisy and deception were banished from this holy assembly. On the word Church, see the observations at the end of Matthew 16:0. Matthew 16:28 It has been properly observed that we have in this place a native specimen of a New Testament Church:

1. Called by the Gospel;

2. grafted into Christ by baptism;

3. animated by love;

4. united by all kinds of fellowship;

5. and disciplined by the exemplary punishment of hypocrites.

See Dodd.


 
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