Acts 5:5

And Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, breathed out his soul. And great fear came on all hearing;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

In Context

4Remaining with thee did it not belong to thee; and having been sold, was it not still in thy control? why hast thou placed this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

6and the young men, rising up, took him, and having carried him out, buried him.

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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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