Ananias and Sapphira Lie to the Holy Spirit

Now a certain man named[a] Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and he kept back for himself some of the proceeds, and his[b] wife was aware of it.[c] And he brought a certain part and[d] placed it[e] at the feet of the apostles.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 5:1 Literally “by name”
  2. Acts 5:2 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. Acts 5:2 *Here the participle “was aware of” in this genitive absolute construction has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
  4. Acts 5:2 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“brought”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Acts 5:2 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation