Acts 5:1-25

¹And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

²and did keep back of the price — his wife also knowing — and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid it.

³And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

⁴while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why is it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

⁵and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, did expire, and great fear came upon all who heard these things,

⁶and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried him.

⁷And it came to pass, about three hours after, that his wife, not knowing what hath happened, came in,

⁸and Peter answered her, 'Tell me if for so much ye sold the place;' and she said, 'Yes, for so much.'

⁹And Peter said unto her, 'How was it agreed by you, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? lo, the feet of those who did bury thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee forth;'

¹⁰and she fell down presently at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried her by her husband;

¹¹and great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

¹²And through the hands of the apostles came many signs and wonders among the people, and they were with one accord all in the porch of Solomon;

¹³and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,

¹⁴(and the more were believers added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,)

¹⁵so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay them upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even his shadow might overshadow some one of them;

¹⁶and there were coming together also the people of the cities round about to Jerusalem, bearing ailing persons, and those harassed by unclean spirits — who were all healed.

¹⁷And having risen, the chief priest, and all those with him — being the sect of the Sadducees — were filled with zeal,

¹⁸and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

¹⁹and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

²⁰'Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life;'

²¹and having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,

²²and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,

²³saying — 'The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened — within we found no one.'

²⁴And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

²⁵and coming near, a certain one told them, saying — 'Lo, the men whom ye did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;'