Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Peter said unto her, how is it that ye have agreed together,.... For husband and wife to agree together in what is good, in things civil, honest, and lawful, and in religious matters, is very…
Barnes' Notes
Agreed together - Conspired, or laid a plan. From this it seems that Sapphira was as guilty as her husband, To tempt - To try; to endeavor to impose on, or to deceive; that is, to act as if the Spirit…
Adam Clarke
To tempt the Spirit of the Lord? - So the Holy Ghost, God, and the Spirit of the Lord, are the same person.
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
ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord To try whether the deception which you had planned would be found out; whether God's Spirit would make it known to us.
behold, the feet of them…
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