Acts 5:1

There was a man of the name of Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property but,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2with her full knowledge and consent, dishonestly kept back part of the price which he received for it, though he brought the rest and gave it to the Apostles.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:47"Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts.

2 Timothy 2:20Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use.

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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