Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And great fear came upon all the church, etc.—This effect on the Christian community itself was the chief design of so startling a judgment; which had its counterpart, as the sin itself had, in Achan (Jos. 7:1-26), while the time—at the commencement of a new career—was similar.
Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much—naming the sum.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 5:11:
Leviticus 10:2
Acts 5:2
1 Corinthians 5:5
1 Timothy 5:20
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