Acts 5:1

And a certain man whose name was Ananias, with his wife whose name was Sapphira, sold his field,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2and carried away part of the price and concealed it, his wife consenting; and he brought a part of the money, and laid it before the feet of the legates.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a sweep net, which was cast into the sea, and collected fishes of every kind.

2 Timothy 2:20But in a great house, there are not only vessels of gold or silver, but also of wood and of pottery; and some of them for honor, and some for dishonor.

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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