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Ananias and Sapphira

Acts 5:2

In 9 translations

BSB
With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
KJV
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
WEB
and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, then brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
ASV
and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
LSV
and kept back of the price—his wife also knowing—and having brought a certain part, he laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.
YLT
and 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].
DBY
and put aside for himself part of the price, [his] wife also being privy to it; and having brought a certain part, laid it at the feet of the apostles.
DRC
And by fraud kept back part of the price of the land, his wife being privy thereunto: and bringing a certain part of it, laid it at the feet of the apostles.
GNV
And kept away part of the price, his wife also being of counsell, and brought a certaine part, and layde it downe at the Apostles feete.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of συνειδυίης: Textus Receptus: συνειδυίας.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῦ (“of him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: γυναικός. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γυναικός; Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἐνοσφίσατο ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς, συνειδυίης καὶ τῆς γυναικός, καὶ ἐνέγκας μέρος τι παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων ἔθηκεν.
RP2018
καὶ ἐνοσφίσατο ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς, συνειδυίας καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνέγκας μέρος τι παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων ἔθηκεν.
TR-Boyd
καὶ ἐνοσφίσατο ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς, συνειδυίας καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνέγκας μέρος τι παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων ἔθηκεν.
SCR1894
και ενοσφισατο απο της τιμης συνειδυιας και της γυναικος αυτου και ενεγκας μερος τι παρα τους ποδας των αποστολων εθηκεν

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◆ Ananias and Sapphira lie to God

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  • Acts 4:37sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
  • 2 Peter 2:14–15Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow…
  • Malachi 3:8–9Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
  • Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
  • Acts 4:34–35There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
  • Matthew 6:2–3So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. But when you…
  • 2 Kings 5:21–25So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?” “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to…
  • John 12:6Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
  • Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among…
  • Acts 5:3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
  • Joshua 7:11–12Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own…
  • Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
  • 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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