Acts 5:2
He kept back some of the money he received for himself, and brought the rest to present to the apostles. His wife knew what he was doing.
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1Now a man called Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:21So Gehazi chased after Naaman. When Naaman saw him running after him, he jumped down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”
Malachi 3:8Should people defraud God? Yet you are defrauding me! But you ask, “How have we defrauded you?” In tithes and offerings.
Matthew 23:5Everything they do is to make sure they get noticed. They make themselves large prayer boxes to wear and long tassels on their clothes.
Acts 4:34None of them needed anything because those who had lands or properties sold them.
Acts 5:3Then Peter asked him, “Ananias, why did you let Satan convince you to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money from the land you sold?
1 Timothy 6:10For the desire to be rich leads to many kinds of evil results. Some of those who longed for this have turned away from the truth, and have hurt themselves, experiencing a lot of pain.
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 →