Acts 5:1
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?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
- KJV
- But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
- WEB
- But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
- ASV
- But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
- DARBY
- But a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
- BLB
- Now a certain man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a property,
- ÅB
- Men en mann ved navn Ananias og hans hustru Saffira solgte en eiendom,
- OTB
- En mann ved navn Ananias, sammen med sin kone Saffira, solgte en eiendom.
- B1930
- Men en mann ved navn Ananias og hans hustru Saffira solgte en eiendom,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 10:1–3
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:20
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
Read in contextMatthew 13:47–48
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Read in contextJohn 6:37
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
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