Kisah Para Rasul 5:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Selama tanah itu tidak dijual, bukankah itu tetap kepunyaanmu, dan setelah dijual, bukankah hasilnya itu tetap dalam kuasamu? Mengapa engkau merencanakan perbuatan itu dalam hatimu? Engkau bukan mendustai manusia, tetapi mendustai Allah."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Selama tanah itu tidak dijual, bukankah itu tetap kepunyaanmu, dan setelah dijual, bukankah hasilnya itu tetap dalam kuasamu? Mengapa engkau merencanakan perbuatan itu dalam hatimu? Engkau bukan mendustai manusia, tetapi mendustai Allah."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Selagi belum dijual, bukankah milikmu sendiri? Dan setelah sudah terjual, bukankah harganya itu di dalam kuasamu? Apakah sebabnya engkau sudah merundingkan perbuatan ini di dalam hatimu? Bukannya engkau berdusta kepada manusia, melainkan kepada Allah."

Contextual Overview

¹ But a certayne man, named Ananias, with Saphyra his wyfe, solde a possession, ² And kept away part of the price, his wyfe also beyng of counsell, and brought a certayne part, and layde it downe at the Apostles feete. ³ But Peter sayde: Ananias, howe is it, that Satan hath fylled thyne heart, that thou shouldest lye vnto the holy ghost, and kepe away part of the price of the lande? ⁴ Whyles it remayned, was it not thyne owne? And after it was solde, was it not in thyne owne power? Why haste thou conceaued this thyng in thyne heart? Thou hast not lyed vnto men, but vnto God. ⁵ When Ananias hearde these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the ghost. And great feare came on all them that hearde these thynges. ⁶ And the young rose vp, and put hym a part, and caryed hym out, and buryed hym. ⁷ And it came to passe, that as it were about the space of three houres after, his wyfe came in, ignoraunt of that which was done. ⁸ And Peter sayde vnto her: Tell me, Solde ye not the lande for so much? And she sayde: Yea, for so much. ⁹ Then Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the spirite of the Lorde? Beholde, the feete of the which haue buried thy husbande, are at the doore, and shall cary thee out. ¹⁰ Then fell she downe strayghtway at his feete, and yelded vp the ghost. And the young men came in, and founde her dead, and caryed her out, and buryed her by her husbande.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was it not thine: Exodus 35:21, Exodus 35:22, Exodus 35:29, 1 Chronicles 29:3, 1 Chronicles 29:5, 1 Chronicles 29:9, 1 Chronicles 29:17, 1 Corinthians 8:8, 1 Corinthians 9:5-17, Philemon 1:14

why: Acts 8:21, Acts 8:22, Joshua 7:25, Joshua 7:26, Job 15:35, Psalms 7:14, Isaiah 59:4, Ezekiel 38:10, *marg. James 1:15

thou hast: Acts 5:3, Exodus 16:8, Numbers 16:11, 1 Samuel 8:7, 2 Kings 5:25-27, Psalms 139:4, Luke 10:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:9 - I know Exodus 8:29 - deal Exodus 20:17 - is thy neighbour's Leviticus 6:2 - lie Leviticus 19:11 - lie one Leviticus 27:16 - of a field 1 Kings 22:22 - a lying spirit 2 Kings 5:22 - My master 2 Chronicles 1:11 - this was Job 15:12 - thine heart Psalms 139:3 - and art acquainted Ecclesiastes 5:5 - General Isaiah 32:6 - and his heart Isaiah 33:11 - conceive Isaiah 59:13 - lying Matthew 9:4 - Wherefore Matthew 26:72 - with Mark 7:21 - out Acts 2:44 - had Acts 5:9 - to tempt Ephesians 4:25 - putting 1 Timothy 6:9 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.

Genesis 5:1
This is the booke of the generations of Ada. In the day that God created man, in the lykenesse of God made he hym.

Genesis 5:3
And Adam lyued an hundreth and thirtie yeres, and begate a sonne in his owne lykenesse, after his image, & called his name Seth.

Genesis 5:7
And Seth lyued after he begat Enos eyght hundreth and seuen yeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 5:10
And Enos lyued after he begate Kenan eyght hundreth & fiftie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 5:13
And Kenan liued after he begate Mahalaleel eyght hudreth & fourtie yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 5:19
And Iered liued after he begat Henoch, eyght hundreth yeres, & begate sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 5:22
And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.

Genesis 5:26
And agayne Methusalah lyued after he begat Lamech seue hundreth eightie and two yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lyued after he begat Noah, fiue hudreth ninetie & fiue yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own,.... Before it was sold, it was his own proper estate; he had the sole propriety in it, and could have kept it, or disposed of it as he pleased: he was not obliged to sell it, he might have kept it as his own property; for selling of possessions at this time was a voluntary thing; it was what no man was forced to; it was a pure act of liberality, and what was not enjoined by the apostles; every man was left to his liberty.

And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? that is, the price for which it was sold: before he had declared that he sold it, in order to give the whole of it to the church, had brought it to the apostles as the whole; it was in his own power to dispose of, as he pleased, whether to give the whole, or a part of it, or it. He might have kept it all if he had thought fit, or have given what portion he pleased.

Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? for though Satan had an hand in it, and greatly solicited him to it, and spirited him up to do it, yet in conjunction with his own heart; and perhaps it began there, which Satan helped forward. It was not so of Satan as to excuse the wickedness of his heart. It was owing partly to the sin of covetousness, which reigned in him, and partly to a desire of vain glory, and being thought a very religious man, that he acted such a part, and was so notoriously guilty of lying and hypocrisy.

Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God; that is, not to men only, for he had lied to the apostles; but to God also, to the Holy Ghost, who is truly and properly God, of which this passage is a full proof; and it was owing to his omniscience, which is a peculiar attribute of deity, that this wicked man, and this fraud of his, were discovered.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whiles it remained - As long as it remained unsold. This place proves that there was no “obligation” imposed on the disciples to sell their property. They who did it, did it voluntarily; and it does not appear that it was done by all, or expected to be done by all.

And after it was sold ... - Even after the property was sold, and Ananias had the money, still there was no obligation on him to devote it in this way. He had the disposal of it still. The apostle mentions this to show him that his offence was especially aggravated. He was not “compelled” to sell his property - he had not even the poor pretence that he was “obliged” to dispose of it, and was “tempted” to withhold it for his own use. It was “all” his, and might have been retained if he had chosen.

Thou hast not lied unto men - Unto people “only,” or, it is not your “main” and “chief” offence that you have attempted to deceive people. It is true that Ananias “had” attempted to deceive the apostles, and it is true, also, that this was a crime; but still, the principal magnitude of the offence was that he had attempted to deceive “God.” So small was his crime as committed against “men” that it was lost sight of by the apostles, and the great, crowning sin of attempting to deceive “God” was brought fully into view. Thus, David also saw his sin as committed against “God” to be so enormous that he lost sight of it as an offence to man, and said, “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight,” Psalms 51:4.

But unto God - It has been “particularly” and “eminently” against God. This is true, because:

1. He had professedly “devoted” it to God. The act, therefore, had express and direct reference to him.

(2)It was an attempt to deceive him. It implied the belief of Ananias that God would not detect the crime, or see the motives of the heart.

(3)It is the prerogative of God to judge of sincerity and hypocrisy; and this was a case, therefore, which came under his special notice. Compare Psalms 139:1-4. The word “God” here is evidently used in its plain and obvious sense as denoting the “supreme divinity,” and the use of the word here shows that the Holy Spirit is “divine.” The whole passage demonstrates, therefore, one of the important doctrines of the Christian religion, that the Holy Spirit is distinct from the Father and the Son, and yet is divine.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:4. Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? — Acts 5:2; Acts 5:2, and Acts 2:44; Acts 2:44.