Acts 5:9
7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
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
- “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
- KJV
- Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
- WEB
- But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
- ASV
- But Peter [said] unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.
- DARBY
- And Peter said to her, Why [is it] that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of [the] Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and they shall carry thee out.
- BLB
- But Peter [said] to her, “Why [is it] that you⁺ have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those having buried your husband [are] at the door, and they will carry you out.”
- ÅB
- Da sa Peter til henne: Hvorfor er dere dog blitt enige om å friste Herrens Ånd? Se, deres føtter som har begravet din mann, er for døren, og de skal bære deg ut.
- OTB
- Peter sa til henne: “Hvordan kunne dere sammensverge dere for å prøve Herrens Ånd? Se, føttene til dem som begravde din mann er ved døren, og de vil bære deg ut også.”
- B1930
- Da sa Peter til henne: Hvorfor er I dog blitt enige om å friste Herrens Ånd? Se, deres føtter som har begravet din mann, er for døren, og de skal bære dig ut.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Read in contextActs 5:3–4
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?
Read in contextPsalms 95:8–11
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Read in contextPsalms 78:56
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Read in contextActs 15:10
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Read in contextPsalms 78:40–41
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Read in contextPsalms 78:18–20
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Read in contextProverbs 11:21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Read in context