Acts 5:1-25

¹But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,

²And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.

³But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

⁴While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

⁵And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.

⁶And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

⁷And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.

⁸And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.

⁹But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

¹⁰And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

¹¹Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

¹²Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

¹³The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

¹⁴And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

¹⁵And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

¹⁶And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.

¹⁷But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,

¹⁸And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

¹⁹But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

²⁰Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.

²¹And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

²²But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

²³Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

²⁴Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

²⁵And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.