Acts Chapter 5 verse 2 Holy Bible
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.
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And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.
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and put aside for himself part of the price, [his] wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.
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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.
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and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
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and did keep back of the price -- his wife also knowing -- and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid `it'.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) And kept back part of the price.--The mere act of keeping back would not in itself have been sinful. The money was his own, to give the whole or part (Acts 5:4). But the formal act, apparently reproducing that of Barnabas, was an acted lie. The part was offered as if it were the whole. The word for "kept back" is rendered "purloining" in Titus 2:10, and always carried with it the idea of stealthy and dishonest appropriation. It is used in the LXX. of Joshua 7:1, as describing the sin of Achan.Parallel Commentaries ...Greek[With]καὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. [his]τῆς (tēs)Article - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.wife’sγυναικός (gynaikos)Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.full knowledge,συνειδυίης (syneiduiēs)Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 4894: To know, consider, be privy to. he kept backἐνοσφίσατο (enosphisato)Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 3557: To rob; mid: To set apart for myself, appropriate for my own benefit, purloin. [some] ofἀπὸ (apo)PrepositionStrong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.theτῆς (tēs)Article - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.proceeds [for himself],τιμῆς (timēs)Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 5092: A price, honor. From tino; a value, i.e. Money paid, or valuables; by analogy, esteem, or the dignity itself.[but]καὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. broughtἐνέγκας (enenkas)Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.aτι (ti)Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularStrong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.portionμέρος (meros)Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularStrong's 3313: A part, portion, share. From an obsolete but more primary form of meiromai; a division or share.[and] laid [it]ἔθηκεν (ethēken)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.atπαρὰ (para)PrepositionStrong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. theτοὺς (tous)Article - Accusative Masculine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.apostles’ἀποστόλων (apostolōn)Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralStrong's 652: From apostello; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ.feet.πόδας (podas)Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralStrong's 4228: The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'.Jump to PreviousApostles Aware Consent Dishonestly Feet Full Kept Laid Money Part Portion Price Privy Proceeds Received Rest Wife Wife's