Acts 5 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Fate of Ananias and Sapphira

5 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, ² and ^(A)kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife’s ^[a]full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he ^(B)laid it at the apostles’ feet. ³ But Peter said, “Ananias, why has ^(C)Satan filled your heart to lie ^(D)to the Holy Spirit and to ^(E)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 ^[b]under your control? Why is it that you have ^[c]conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but ^(F)to God.” ⁵ And as he heard these words, Ananias ^(G)fell down and breathed his last; and ^(H)great fear came over all who heard of it. ⁶ The young men got up and ^(I)covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.

⁷ Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. ⁸ And Peter responded to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land ^[d](J)for such and such a price?” And she said, “Yes, ^[e]that was the price.” ⁹ Then Peter said to her, “Why is it that you have agreed together to ^(K)put ^(L)the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.” ¹⁰ And immediately she ^(M)fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. ¹¹ And ^(N)great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.

^{12 [f]}At the hands of the apostles many ^(O)signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in ^(P)Solomon’s portico. ¹³ But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, ^(Q)the people held them in high esteem. ¹⁴ And all the more ^(R)believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly ^(S)added to their number, ¹⁵ to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by ^(T)at least his shadow might fall on any one of them. ¹⁶ Also the ^[g]people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick ^[h]or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

Imprisonment and Release

¹⁷ But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is ^(U)the sect of ^(V)the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. ¹⁸ They laid hands on the apostles and ^(W)put them in a public jail. ¹⁹ But during the night ^(X)an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said, ²⁰ “Go, stand and ^[i]speak to the people in the temple ^[j](Y)the whole message of this Life.” ²¹ Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple ^(Z)about daybreak and began to teach.

Now when ^(AA)the high priest and his associates came, they called ^(AB)the ^[k]Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought. ²² But ^(AC)the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back, ²³ saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.” ²⁴ Now when ^(AD)the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what ^[l]would come of this. ²⁵ But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!” ²⁶ Then ^(AE)the captain went along with ^(AF)the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for ^(AG)they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).

²⁷ When they had brought them, they stood them ^[m]before ^(AH)the Council. The high priest questioned them, ²⁸ saying, “We gave you ^(AI)strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and ^[n]yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and ^(AJ)intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” ²⁹ But Peter and the apostles answered, “^(AK)We must obey God rather than men. ^{30 (AL)}The God of our fathers ^(AM)raised up Jesus, ^[o]whom you had ^(AN)put to death by hanging Him on a ^[p]cross. ^{31 (AO)}He is the one whom God exalted ^[q]to His right hand as a ^[r](AP)Prince and a ^(AQ)Savior, to grant ^(AR)repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. ³² And we are ^(AS)witnesses ^[s]of these things; and ^(AT)so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Gamaliel’s Counsel

³³ But when they heard this, they were ^(AU)cut ^[t]to the quick and intended to kill them. ³⁴ But a Pharisee named ^(AV)Gamaliel, a ^(AW)teacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in ^(AX)the Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time. ³⁵ And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men. ³⁶ For some time ago Theudas rose up, ^(AY)claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. ^[u]But he was killed, and all who ^[v]followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. ³⁷ After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of ^(AZ)the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who ^[w]followed him were scattered. ³⁸ So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or ^[x]action ^(BA)is of men, it will be overthrown; ³⁹ but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found ^(BB)fighting against God.”

⁴⁰ They ^[y]took his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they ^(BC)flogged them and ordered them not to ^[z]speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them. ⁴¹ So they went on their way from the presence of the ^[aa](BD)Council, ^(BE)rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame ^(BF)for His name. ^{42 (BG)}And every day, in the temple and ^[ab]from house to house, they ^[ac]kept right on teaching and ^[ad](BH)preaching Jesus as the ^[ae]Christ.

Footnotes

1. Acts 5:2 Or collusion
2. Acts 5:4 Or in your authority
3. Acts 5:4 Lit placed
4. Acts 5:8 Lit for so much
5. Acts 5:8 Lit for so much
6. Acts 5:12 Lit Through
7. Acts 5:16 Lit multitude
8. Acts 5:16 Lit and
9. Acts 5:20 Or continue to speak
10. Acts 5:20 Lit all the words
11. Acts 5:21 Or Sanhedrin
12. Acts 5:24 Lit this would become
13. Acts 5:27 Lit in
14. Acts 5:28 Lit behold
15. Acts 5:30 Or on whom you had laid violent hands
16. Acts 5:30 Lit wood
17. Acts 5:31 Or by
18. Acts 5:31 Or Leader
19. Acts 5:32 One early ms adds in Him
20. Acts 5:33 Or in their hearts
21. Acts 5:36 Lit Who was killed
22. Acts 5:36 Lit were obeying
23. Acts 5:37 Lit were obeying
24. Acts 5:38 Or work
25. Acts 5:40 Lit were persuaded by him
26. Acts 5:40 Lit be speaking
27. Acts 5:41 Or Sanhedrin
28. Acts 5:42 Or in the various private homes
29. Acts 5:42 Lit were not ceasing to
30. Acts 5:42 Lit telling the good news of
31. Acts 5:42 I.e. Messiah

Cross references

1. Acts 5:2 : Acts 5:3
2. Acts 5:2 : Acts 4:35, 37
3. Acts 5:3 : Matt 4:10; Luke 22:3; John 13:2, 27
4. Acts 5:3 : Acts 5:4, 9
5. Acts 5:3 : Acts 5:2
6. Acts 5:4 : Acts 5:3, 9
7. Acts 5:5 : Ezek 11:13; Acts 5:10
8. Acts 5:5 : Acts 2:43; 5:11
9. Acts 5:6 : John 19:40
10. Acts 5:8 : Acts 5:2
11. Acts 5:9 : Acts 15:10
12. Acts 5:9 : Acts 5:3, 4
13. Acts 5:10 : Ezek 11:13; Acts 5:5
14. Acts 5:11 : Acts 2:43; 5:5
15. Acts 5:12 : John 4:48
16. Acts 5:12 : John 10:23; Acts 3:11
17. Acts 5:13 : Acts 2:47; 4:21
18. Acts 5:14 : 2 Cor 6:15
19. Acts 5:14 : Acts 2:47; 11:24
20. Acts 5:15 : Acts 19:12
21. Acts 5:17 : Acts 15:5
22. Acts 5:17 : Matt 3:7; Acts 4:1
23. Acts 5:18 : Acts 4:3
24. Acts 5:19 : Matt 1:20, 24; 2:13, 19; 28:2; Luke 1:11; 2:9; Acts 8:26; 10:3; 12:7, 23; 27:23
25. Acts 5:20 : John 6:63, 68
26. Acts 5:21 : John 8:2
27. Acts 5:21 : Acts 4:6
28. Acts 5:21 : Matt 5:22; Acts 5:27, 34, 41
29. Acts 5:22 : Matt 26:58; Acts 5:26
30. Acts 5:24 : Acts 4:1; 5:26
31. Acts 5:26 : Acts 5:24
32. Acts 5:26 : Acts 5:22
33. Acts 5:26 : Acts 4:21; 5:13
34. Acts 5:27 : Matt 5:22; Acts 5:21, 34, 41
35. Acts 5:28 : Acts 4:18
36. Acts 5:28 : Matt 23:35; 27:25; Acts 2:23, 36; 3:14f; 7:52
37. Acts 5:29 : Acts 4:19
38. Acts 5:30 : Acts 3:13
39. Acts 5:30 : Acts 2:24
40. Acts 5:30 : Acts 10:39; 13:29; Gal 3:13; 1 Pet 2:24
41. Acts 5:31 : Acts 2:33
42. Acts 5:31 : Acts 3:15
43. Acts 5:31 : Luke 2:11
44. Acts 5:31 : Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38
45. Acts 5:32 : Luke 24:48
46. Acts 5:32 : John 15:26; Acts 15:28; Rom 8:16; Heb 2:4
47. Acts 5:33 : Acts 2:37; 7:54
48. Acts 5:34 : Acts 22:3
49. Acts 5:34 : Luke 2:46; 5:17
50. Acts 5:34 : Acts 5:21
51. Acts 5:36 : Acts 8:9; Gal 2:6; 6:3
52. Acts 5:37 : Luke 2:2
53. Acts 5:38 : Mark 11:30
54. Acts 5:39 : Prov 21:30; Acts 11:17
55. Acts 5:40 : Matt 10:17
56. Acts 5:41 : Acts 5:21
57. Acts 5:41 : 1 Pet 4:14, 16
58. Acts 5:41 : John 15:21
59. Acts 5:42 : Acts 2:46
60. Acts 5:42 : Acts 8:35; 11:20; 17:18; Gal 1:16