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Now
a man named Ananias, together
with his wife Sapphira
, also
sold a piece
of
property.
But
a certain
man named Ananias, with Sapphira
his wife, sold a possession,
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.
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.
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?
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?
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 !”
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 .
On
hearing these words ,
Ananias
fell down and died.
And great fear came over
all who
heard what
had
happened
.
And
Ananias
hearing these words fell down ,
and gave
up
the
ghost:
and great fear came on
all them
that
heard these
things
.
Then
the young men stepped
forward
, wrapped
up his
body
, and carried him out and buried him.
And
the young men arose
, wound
him
up, and carried him out ,
and buried him.
About three hours later
his wife also
came
in
, unaware
of
what had
happened
.
And
it
was
about the
space
of
three hours after,
when
his wife, not
knowing
what was
done,
came
in
.
“Tell
me,”
said
Peter, “is
this
the
price
you
and
your
husband
got
for
the land? ”
“Yes,”
she answered
, “that
is
the
price
. ”
And
Peter answered
unto
her
, Tell
me
whether
ye
sold
the land for
so
much
? And
she said
, Yea,
for
so
much
.
“
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
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.
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.
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.
And great fear came over
the whole
church and all
who
heard about
these events
.
And great fear came upon
all
the church ,
and upon
as
many
as
heard these things
.
The apostles performed
many signs and wonders among the people ,
and with one accord the
believers
gathered
together
in Solomon’s
Colonnade
.
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
.
Although
the people
regarded
them
highly,
no one
else
dared
to
join them.
And
of
the rest
durst
no man
join himself
to
them :
but
the
people
magnified
them
.
Yet
more
and more
believers were brought
to the Lord —large
numbers
of
both men and women.
And believers were the
more
added
to the Lord ,
multitudes
both of
men and women. )
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
.
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.
Crowds
also gathered
from
the towns
around
Jerusalem, bringing the
sick and those
tormented
by
unclean spirits ,
and all
of
them
were healed.
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
.
Then the high priest and all his
associates
, who
belonged
to
the party
of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
They
went
out
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,
and arrested
the apostles and put them in the public
jail
.
And laid
their
hands
on
the apostles ,
and put them in the common
prison
.
But during
the night
an
angel of the Lord opened the doors of
the
jail
and brought them out
, saying
,
But the angel of the Lord by
night
opened the prison
doors ,
and brought them forth
, and
said
,
“
Go, stand in the temple courts
and
tell
the people the full
message
of this new
life. ”
Go, stand and
speak
in the temple to
the people all
the words
of this life.
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
.
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
.
But on
arriving
at
the
jail,
the officers did
not
find
them there.
So
they returned with
the
report:
But when
the officers came,
and
found
them not
in
the
prison,
they returned and
told,
“We
found
the
jail
securely
locked
, with the guards
posted
at
the doors ;
but when we opened them
, we found no one
inside
. ”
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
.
When the captain of the temple guard
and the chief priests heard this
account
, they were
perplexed
as
to
what
was
happening
.
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
.
Then someone
came in
and announced
, “Look
, the men you
put in jail
are standing in the temple courts
teaching the people !”
Then came one
and told
them
, saying
, Behold,
the men whom
ye
put in prison
are standing in the temple ,
and
teaching the people .
At
that
point,
the captain went
with the officers and brought the
apostles—but
not
by
force,
for fear
the people would
stone
them
.
Then
went
the captain with the officers ,
and brought them
without
violence:
for they
feared
the people ,
lest
they
should
have
been
stoned
.
They brought them in
and
made
them stand
before the Sanhedrin,
where
the high priest interrogated
them .
And
when
they had
brought them ,
they
set
them before the council:
and
the high priest asked
them ,
“
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. ”
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
.
But
Peter and the other apostles replied
, “
We must
obey God rather than men.
Then
Peter and the other apostles answered
and
said
, We ought
to
obey God rather than men.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you
had
killed
by
hanging
Him
on a tree.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye
slew
and
hanged
on a tree.
God exalted Him
to
His right hand as
Prince and Savior
, in
order
to grant
repentance and forgiveness of sins to
Israel
.
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.
We are witnesses of these things ,
and so is the Holy Spirit
, whom God has
given to those
who
obey Him. ”
And
we are his
witnesses of these things ;
and so is also
the Holy Ghost
, whom God hath
given to them
that
obey him.
When the
Council
members
heard this
, they were enraged,
and
they
resolved
to put
the apostles
to death
.
When they
heard that
, they were cut
to the heart,
and
took
counsel
to slay
them
.
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.
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;
“
Men of Israel, ”
he
said,
“consider
carefully
what you
are
about
to do to
these men.
And
said
unto
them,
Ye
men of Israel, take
heed
to
yourselves
what ye
intend
to do as
touching
these men.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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.
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:
But if it is
from
God, you
will
not
be able
to
stop
them.
You
may
even find
yourselves
fighting
against God. ”
But if it be
of
God, ye
cannot
overthrow
it;
lest
haply
ye
be found
even to
fight
against God.
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
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
.
The apostles
left
the Sanhedrin
, rejoicing that they had
been
counted worthy of
suffering
disgrace
for the
Name.
And
they
departed
from
the presence
of
the council
, rejoicing that they were
counted worthy to
suffer
shame
for his
name.
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.
And
daily
in the temple ,
and in
every
house, they ceased
not to
teach
and preach
Jesus Christ.
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