Acts 5:1

But a man named Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold a farm of his,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2kept back some of the purchase price, with the connivance of his wife. He brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:47"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.

2 Timothy 2:20Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for noble, some for ignoble uses.

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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