Acts 5:8

Simon said to her: Tell me, if ye sold the field for this price? And she said: Yes, for this price.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

In Context

7And when three hours had passed, his wife also came in, without knowing what had occurred.

9Simon said to her: Since ye have been equals in tempting the Spirit of the Lord, lo, the feet of the buriers of thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.

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Cross References

Acts 5:2and 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.

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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