Acts 5:9 (WEB)
But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
Fathers and councils · 7
Cyril of Jerusalem
“He is also called the Spirit of the Lord, according to that which Peter spake, Why is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?” — editor's note: Acts v. 9.
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Jerome
“I have read of the javelin of Phinehas, of the harshness of Elijah, of the jealous anger of Simon the zealot, of the severity of Peter in putting to death Ananias and Sapphira, and of the firmness of Paul who, when Elymas the sorcerer withstood the ways of the Lord, doomed him to lifelong blindness.” — editor's note: Acts v. 1–10.
Read the whole comment“I will even go farther and say: keep back nothing for yourself because you fear to be some day poor, lest by so doing you share the condemnation of Ananias and Sapphira; but give everything to the poor and make to yourself friends of the mammon of unrighteousness that they may receive you into everlasting habitations.” — editor's note: Acts v. 1–10.
Read the whole comment“…true faith never fears, they drew down on themselves suddenly the avenging stroke, which was meant not in cruelty towards them but as a warning to others.” — editor's note: Acts v. 1–10.
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Basil the Great
“Ye have not lied unto men, but unto God,” show that sins against the Holy Spirit and against God are the same; and thus you might learn that in every operation the Spirit is closely conjoined with, and inseparable from, the Father and the Son.” — editor's note: Acts v. 9 and 4. “Thou hast not lied,” said to Ananias, interpolated into the rebuke of Sapphira.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And immediately after he says again to the wife of Ananias: “Why has it seemed good to you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?”” — editor's note: Acts v. 9.
Read the whole comment“…Holy Ghost can be tempted by our sins, for you find that the wife of Ananias is thus addressed: “Why have ye agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?”” — editor's note: Acts v. 9.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.