Acts 5:3

3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why * has 1Satan filled your heart to lie 2to the Holy Spirit and to 3keep back some of the price of the land?

Acts 5:3 In-Context

1 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
2 and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife's full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles' feet.
3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?
4 "While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."
5 And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Matthew 4:10; Luke 22:3; John 13:2, 27
  • 2. Acts 5:4, 9
  • 3. Acts 5:2
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