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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 5:3

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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why hath Satan filled--"why . . . fill--"why hast thou suffered him to fill" thine heart--so criminally entertaining his suggestion? Compare Act 5:4, "why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart?" And see Joh 13:2, Joh 13:27. to lie to the Holy Ghost--to men under His supernatural illumination.
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