Acts 5:8

And Peter answered her: Tell me, did you sell the land for so much? She replied: Yes; for so much.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

In Context

7And after an interval of about three hours, his wife, not knowing what had been done, came in.

9But Peter said to her: Why 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 shall carry you out.

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Cross References

Acts 5:2and kept back part of the price, and his wife was conscious of it; and he brought a certain part of it, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

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 →

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