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But
a certain
man named Ananias, with Sapphira
his wife, sold a possession,
Now
a man named Ananias, together
with his wife Sapphira
, also
sold a piece
of
property.
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.
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.
But
Peter said, Ananias, why
hath
Satan filled thine
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost,
and to
keep
back
part
of the price
of
the land?
Then
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?
Whiles
it
remained,
was
it not thine
own
? and after it was sold, was it not in
thine
own
power
? why
hast
thou
conceived
this
thing
in thine
heart? thou
hast
not lied unto
men, but unto
God .
Did
it not belong
to
you
before
it
was
sold
? And after it was sold, was it not at
your
disposal
? How
could
you
conceive
such
a
deed
in your
heart? You
have
not lied to
men, but to
God !”
And
Ananias
hearing these words fell down ,
and gave
up
the
ghost:
and great fear came on
all them
that
heard these
things
.
On
hearing these words ,
Ananias
fell down and died.
And great fear came over
all who
heard what
had
happened
.
And
the young men arose
, wound
him
up, and carried him out ,
and buried him.
Then
the young men stepped
forward
, wrapped
up his
body
, and carried him out and buried him.
And
it
was
about the
space
of
three hours after,
when
his wife ,
not
knowing
what
was
done,
came in.
About three hours later
his wife also
came in ,
unaware
of
what
had
happened
.
And
Peter
answered
unto
her,
Tell me whether
ye
sold
the land
for so
much
? And
she
said
, Yea
, for
so
much
.
“
Tell me ,”
said
Peter,
“is
this
the price
you
and
your
husband
got
for the
land
? ”
“Yes
, ”
she
answered
, “that
is
the
price
. ”
Then
Peter
said
unto
her,
How is
it
that
ye
have
agreed
together
to tempt
the Spirit of the Lord? behold
, the feet of them
which
have
buried thy
husband are at the door, and shall
carry thee
out.
“
How could
you
agree
to test
the Spirit of the Lord? ”
Peter
replied.
“Look
, the feet of the
men
who
buried your
husband are at the door, and they
will
carry you
out also
. ”
Then
fell
she down straightway
at his feet ,
and yielded
up
the
ghost:
and
the young men came in ,
and found
her dead, and,
carrying
her forth,
buried her by
her husband.
At
that
instant
she fell
down at his feet and died.
Then
the young men came in and ,
finding
her dead, carried
her out
and
buried her beside
her husband.
And great fear came upon
all
the church ,
and upon
as
many
as
heard these things
.
And great fear came over
the whole
church and all
who
heard about
these events
.
And
by
the hands
of
the
apostles were
many signs and wonders wrought
among the people ;
(
and they
were
all
with one accord in Solomon's
porch
.
The apostles performed
many signs and wonders among the people ,
and with one accord the
believers
gathered
together
in Solomon’s
Colonnade
.
And
of
the rest
durst
no man
join
himself
to them:
but
the
people
magnified
them.
Although
the people
regarded
them
highly,
no one
else
dared
to join
them.
And believers were the
more
added
to the Lord ,
multitudes
both
of men and women. )
Yet
more
and more
believers were brought
to the Lord —large
numbers
of both
men and women.
Insomuch
that
they
brought forth
the sick into the streets ,
and laid them on beds
and couches
, that at the
least the
shadow of
Peter
passing
by
might overshadow
some of them.
As
a
result,
people
brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots
and mats
, so
that at least Peter’s
shadow might fall
on
some of them as
he
passed
by
.
There
came
also a
multitude
out
of
the cities
round
about
unto
Jerusalem, bringing sick folks,
and them
which
were
vexed
with
unclean spirits :
and they
were healed every
one
.
Crowds
also gathered
from
the towns
around
Jerusalem, bringing the
sick and those
tormented
by
unclean spirits ,
and all
of
them
were healed.
Then the high priest rose
up,
and all they
that
were
with
him
, (which
is
the sect
of the Sadducees, )
and
were filled with indignation,
Then the high priest and all his
associates
, who
belonged
to
the party
of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
They
went
out
And laid
their
hands
on
the apostles ,
and put them in the common
prison
.
and arrested
the apostles and put them in the public
jail
.
But the angel of the Lord by
night
opened the prison
doors ,
and brought them forth
, and
said
,
But during
the night
an
angel of the Lord opened the doors of
the
jail
and brought them out
, saying
,
Go, stand and
speak
in the temple to
the people all
the words
of this life.
“
Go, stand in the temple courts
and
tell
the people the full
message
of this new
life. ”
And
when
they
heard
that,
they
entered into
the temple early
in
the
morning,
and taught
. But
the high priest came,
and they
that
were
with
him
, and
called
the council
together,
and
all
the senate
of the children
of Israel ,
and sent to the prison
to
have
them
brought
.
At
daybreak
the
apostles
entered the temple courts
as
they
had
been
told
and began
to
teach
the
people
. When
the high priest and his
associates
arrived
, they
convened
the Sanhedrin—
the full
assembly
of the elders
of Israel —
and sent to the jail
for
the
apostles
.
But when
the officers
came
, and
found
them
not
in
the prison,
they returned and
told,
But on
arriving
at
the jail
, the officers
did
not
find
them
there.
So
they returned with
the
report:
Saying,
The
prison
truly
found
we shut
with
all
safety
, and
the keepers
standing
without
before
the doors :
but when we had
opened, we found no man
within
.
“
We found
the
jail
securely
locked
, with
the guards
posted
at
the doors ;
but when we opened them
, we found no one
inside
. ”
Now
when the high
priest
and
the
captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these
things
, they doubted
of
them
whereunto
this
would
grow
.
When the captain of the temple guard
and the chief priests heard this
account
, they were
perplexed
as
to
what
was
happening
.
Then came one
and told
them,
saying
, Behold
, the men whom
ye
put in prison
are standing in the temple ,
and
teaching the people .
Then someone
came in
and announced
, “Look
, the men you
put in jail
are standing in the temple courts
teaching the people !”
Then
went
the captain with the officers ,
and brought them
without
violence:
for they
feared
the people ,
lest
they
should
have
been
stoned
.
At
that
point,
the captain went
with the officers and brought the
apostles—but
not
by
force,
for fear
the people would
stone
them
.
And
when
they had
brought them ,
they
set
them before the council:
and
the high priest asked
them ,
They brought them in
and
made
them stand
before the Sanhedrin,
where
the high priest interrogated
them .
Saying,
Did
not
we straitly
command
you that
ye
should
not teach in this name ?
and
, behold,
ye
have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine,
and intend
to bring
this man's
blood upon
us
.
“
We gave
you strict
orders
not to
teach in this name, ”
he
said.
“Yet
you
have filled Jerusalem with your teaching
and are
determined
to make
us
responsible
for
this man’s
blood. ”
Then
Peter and the other apostles answered
and
said
, We ought
to
obey God rather than men.
But
Peter and the other apostles replied
, “
We must
obey God rather than men.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye
slew
and
hanged
on a tree.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you
had
killed
by
hanging
Him
on a tree.
Him
hath
God exalted with
his right hand to
be
a
Prince and a
Saviour
, for
to give
repentance to
Israel,
and forgiveness of sins.
God exalted Him
to
His right hand as
Prince and Savior
, in
order
to grant
repentance and forgiveness of sins to
Israel
.
And
we are his
witnesses of these things ;
and so is also
the Holy Ghost
, whom God hath
given to them
that
obey him.
We are witnesses of these things ,
and so is the Holy Spirit
, whom God has
given to those
who
obey Him. ”
When they
heard that
, they were cut
to
the
heart
, and took
counsel
to slay
them
.
When the
Council
members
heard this
, they were enraged
, and they
resolved
to put
the
apostles
to
death
.
Then
stood
there
up
one
in
the
council,
a Pharisee ,
named Gamaliel, a doctor
of the law ,
had
in
reputation
among
all the people, and commanded
to
put
the apostles
forth
a little
space;
But
a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher
of the law who
was
honored
by
all the people, stood
up
in
the
Sanhedrin
and ordered
that
the men
be
put
outside
for
a short
time.
And
said
unto
them,
Ye
men of Israel, take
heed
to
yourselves
what ye
intend
to do as
touching
these men.
“
Men of Israel, ”
he
said,
“consider
carefully
what you
are
about
to do to
these men.
For
before
these
days
rose up Theudas
, boasting
himself
to be somebody ;
to
whom
a
number
of
men
, about four hundred ,
joined themselves:
who
was
slain;
and
all,
as
many
as
obeyed
him, were scattered
, and brought
to nought
.
Some
time
ago
Theudas
rose up, claiming
to be somebody, and
about four hundred men
joined him .
He
was
killed
, all
his
followers
were dispersed
, and it
all
came
to nothing
.
After this
man
rose
up
Judas of
Galilee
in the days of the taxing,
and drew away much
people after him :
he also
perished ;
and all ,
even
as
many
as
obeyed
him,
were dispersed
.
After him,
Judas the
Galilean
appeared
in the days of the census
and drew away people after him .
He too
perished ,
and all his
followers
were scattered
.
And
now
I say
unto
you ,
Refrain
from
these men ,
and
let them alone:
for if this
counsel
or this
work
be
of men
, it will come
to
nought:
So
in
the
present
case
I advise
you :
Leave
these men alone.
Let them go!
For if their
purpose
or endeavor
is
of human
origin
, it will fail.
But if it be
of
God, ye
cannot
overthrow
it;
lest
haply
ye
be found
even
to fight
against God.
But if it is
from
God, you
will
not
be able
to stop
them.
You
may
even
find
yourselves
fighting
against God. ”
And
to
him
they agreed:
and
when
they had
called the apostles ,
and beaten
them ,
they
commanded
that
they should
not speak in the name of Jesus, and let
them go
.
At
this,
they yielded
to
Gamaliel.
They called the apostles in
and had
them flogged.
Then
they ordered
them
not to
speak in the name of Jesus, and released
them.
And
they
departed
from
the presence
of
the council
, rejoicing that they were
counted worthy to
suffer
shame
for his
name.
The apostles
left
the Sanhedrin
, rejoicing that they had
been
counted worthy of
suffering
disgrace
for the
Name.
And
daily
in the temple ,
and in
every
house, they ceased
not to
teach
and preach
Jesus Christ.
Every
day,
in the temple courts
and from
house to
house
, they did
not stop
teaching
and proclaiming
the
good
news
that
Jesus is
the
Christ.
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