Acts 5:1

AND a certain man whose name was Hanania, with his wife whose name was Shaphira, sold a field,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

In Context

2and took from its value and concealed, while his wife consented, and brought of it silver and laid before the feet of the apostles.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, which was thrown into the sea, and from every kind collected.

2 Timothy 2:20But in a great house there are not vessels of gold only or of silver, but also of wood, also of clay: of them (some are) to honour, and of them (some) to dishonour.

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:1

In this chapter we have, I. The sin and punishment of Ananias and Sapphira, who, for lying to the Holy Ghost, were struck dead at the word of Peter, ver. 1-11 . II. The flourishing state of the church, in the power that went along with the preaching of the gospel, ver. 12-16 . III. The imprisonment of the apostles, and their miraculous discharge out of prison, with fresh orders to go on to preach the gospel, which they did, to the great vexation of their persecutors, ver. 17-26 . IV. Their arraignment before the… Read the whole commentary →

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