Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 5]
while hearing. {Fell down} (\pes•n\). Second aorist active
participle of \pipt•\, fell all of a sudden while listening.
{Gave up the ghost} (\exepsuxen\). First aorist active indicative
of \ekpsuch•\, late verb in LXX and Hippocrates, to breathe out,
to expire. In the N.T. only here, verse 10; 12:23. It is
needless to blame Peter for the death of Ananias. He had brought
the end upon himself. It was the judgment of God. Physically the
nervous shock could have caused the collapse.
5:6 {The young men} (\hoi ne•teroi\). Literally the younger men
(contrast with \hoi presbuteroi\, the elder men). Same as
\neaniskoi\ in verse 10 and so no order in the young church.
Perhaps these young men were acting as ushers or actual
pallbearers. {Wrapped him round} (\sunesteilan\). First aorist
active indicative of \sustell•\, old verb, to draw together, or
contract (1Co 7:29), to roll together, to wrap with bandages,
to enshroud as here. Nowhere else in the N.T. Frequent in medical
writers. They may have used their own mantles. The time for
burial was short in Jerusalem for sanitary reasons and to avoid
ceremonial defilement.
5:7 {And it was about the space of three hours after} (\egeneto
de h•s h•r•n tri•n diast•ma\). Literally "Now there came an
interval (\diast•ma\, distance, space between) of about (\h•s\)
three hours." {When} (\kai\). This use of \kai\ after \egeneto\
is characteristic of Luke's style in the Gospel. {Not knowing}
(\m• eiduia\). Feminine singular of second perfect active
participle of \oida\. \M•\ usual negative of the participle in
the _Koin•_.
5:8 {For so much} (\tosoutou\). Genitive of price. Perhaps Peter
pointed to the pile of money at the feet of the apostles (verse
2). The use of \ei\ in direct questions appears in Luke (Lu
13:23; 22:49) as in the LXX like the Hebrew _im_ and in Ac 1:6;
19:2, etc.
5:9 {Ye have agreed together} (\suneph•n•th• humin\). First
aorist passive indicative of \sumph•ne•\ (to voice together,
symphony), impersonal with dative; It was agreed together by you
(or for you). "Your souls were allured together respecting this
deceit" (Vincent). {To tempt the Spirit of the Lord} (\peirasai
to pneuma kuriou\). Like "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
It was close to the unpardonable sin which was attributing the
manifest work of the Holy Spirit to Beelzebub. {The feet} (\hoi
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