Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
why hath Satan filled—"why . . . fill—"why hast thou suffered him to fill"
thine heart—so criminally entertaining his suggestion? Compare Acts 5:4, "why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart?" And see John 13:2, John 13:27.
to lie to the Holy Ghost—to men under His supernatural illumination.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 5:5:
Leviticus 10:2
John 11:17-19
Acts 5:2
1 Corinthians 5:5
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