Acts 5:2

and defrauded of the price of the field (or and lied about the payment for the field); and his wife was witting. And he brought (only) a part, and laid [it] before the feet of the apostles.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1But a man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a field,

3And Peter said to him, Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thine heart, that thou lie to the Holy Ghost, and to defraud (God) of the price of the field? (And Peter said to him, Ananias, why hath thou let Satan test thine heart, so that thou lie to the Holy Spirit, and defraud God of the payment for the field?)

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Cross References

2 Kings 5:21And Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman; and when Naaman had seen Gehazi running to him, he skipped down off the chariot into the meeting of Gehazi; and said, Whether all things be rightful? (or Is everything all right?)

Malachi 3:8If a man shall torment God, for ye tormented me. And ye said, In what thing tormented we thee? In tithes and in first fruits; (Shall a man rob God, for ye have robbed me. And ye said, How have we robbed thee? In the matter of tithes and of first fruits;)

Matthew 23:5Therefore they do all their works to be seen of men (or And so they do all their works to be seen by men); for they draw abroad their phylacteries, and magnify [their] hems.

Acts 4:34For neither any needy man was among them, for how many ever were possessors of fields, either of houses, they sold (them), and brought the prices of those things that they sold (or and brought the payments for those things that they sold),

Acts 5:3And Peter said to him, Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thine heart, that thou lie to the Holy Ghost, and to defraud (God) of the price of the field? (And Peter said to him, Ananias, why hath thou let Satan test thine heart, so that thou lie to the Holy Spirit, and defraud God of the payment for the field?)

1 Timothy 6:10For the root of all evils is covetousness, which some men coveting erred from the faith, and besetted them (selves) with many sorrows.

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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