Acts 5:2
and took from its value and concealed, while his wife consented, and brought of it silver and laid before the feet of the apostles.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
1AND a certain man whose name was Hanania, with his wife whose name was Shaphira, sold a field,
Cross References
Matthew 23:5And all their works they do that they may be seen of men; for they widen their tephillin, and lengthen the fringes of their waving vestments,
Acts 4:34And no man of them had want; for they who possessed fields and houses sold, and brought the prices of whatever was sold
Acts 5:3And Shemun said to him, Hanania, how hath Satana thus filled thine heart that thou shouldest lie to the Spirit of Holiness, and conceal from the silver of the price of the field?
1 Timothy 6:10For the root of all evil is the love of money; and there are who have coveted it, and from the faith have erred, and have made themselves enter into 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 →