Acts 5:2
and kept back from the price, his wife also having joint awareness. And having brought a certain part, he placed it at the apostles' feet.
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In Context
1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold property,
Cross References
2 Kings 5:21So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Matthew 23:5But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the hems of their garments.
Acts 4:34For not even any needy was among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling, they brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
Acts 5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land?
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Matthew Henry on Acts 5:2-12
The Case of Ananias and Sapphira. 1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine… Read the whole commentary →