Acts 5:8

And Peter answered to her, Woman, say to me, whether ye sold the field for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

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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 there was made a space of three hours, and his wife knew not that thing that was done, and entered.

9And Peter said to her, What befelled to you [or What soothly came together to you, or accorded], to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? (or What befell to you, to test the Spirit of the Lord?) Lo! the feet of them that have buried thine husband be at the door, and they shall bear thee out.

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Cross References

Acts 5:2and 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.

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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