Acts 5:1-16 ▼

1 BUT a certain man called An-a-ni’as, to gether with his wife named Shapphi’ra, sold his field.

2 And he took some of the price and hid it, and his wife also knew of it, and he brought some of the money and placed it at the disposal of the apostles.

3 And Simon Peter said to him, An-a-ni’as, why has Satan so filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and hide part of the money of the price of the field?

4 Was it not your own before you sold it? And after it was sold, had you not the sole authority over its price? What made you think to do this thing? You have not only lied to men but to God.

5 And when An-a-ni’as heard these words, he fell down and died; and great fear came upon all of those who heard these things.

6 The younger men among them arose, and moved his body aside. Then they took him out and buried him.

7 Three hours later his wife also came in, not knowing what had happened.

8 Simon Peter said to her, Tell me if you sold the field for this price? She said, Yea, for this price.

9 Then Simon Peter said to her, Because you have been partners to tempt the Spirit of the LORD, behold the feet of the men who have buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out also.

10 And in that very hour she fell down at their feet and died, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they picked her up and carried her away and buried her by the side of her husband.

11 And great fear came upon all the congregation and upon all who heard what had happened.

12 Many miracles and signs were wrought among the people by the apostles, and they were all gathered together in the portico of Solomon.

13 And of the unbelievers, no one dared to interfere with them, but the people held them in respect.

14 And the number of those who believed in the LORD was greatly increased by multitudes, both of men and women.

15 They even brought out the sick into the streets and laid them on bed quilts so that when Simon Peter should happen to pass by, his shadow might fall upon them.

16 Many came to them from other cities around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and mentally afflicted, and they were all healed.