And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
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Gill's Exposition
And Peter answered unto her,.... Who might be inquiring for her husband; though such a way of speaking was common with the Jews, when nothing goes before to which the answer is made; of which there…
Barnes' Notes
For so much - That is, for the sum which Ananias had presented. This was true, that this sum had been received for it; but it was also true that a larger sum had been received. It is as really a…
The chapter begins with a melancholy but, which puts a stop to the pleasant and agreeable prospect of things which we had in the foregoing chapters; as every man, so every church, in its best state…
Cambridge Bible
And Peter answered unto her This use of the English verb answer, where no question has preceded and often where no remark has gone before, is not uncommon in the Bible (cp. 1Ki 13:6; Dan 2:14-15; Dan…