Acts 5:2
and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
1BUT a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Cross References
Matthew 23:5But all their works they do to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes;
Acts 4:34For there was no one among them that lacked; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things sold,
Acts 5:3But Peter said: Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back part of the price of the land?
1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all evils; which some coveting after wandered away from the faith, and 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 →