Acts 5:8

8 So Peter asked her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?" She answered, "Yes, that was the price."

Acts 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:8

And Peter answered unto her
Who might be inquiring for her husband; though such a way of speaking was common with the Jews, when nothing goes before to which the answer is made; of which there are frequent instances in the sacred writings:

tell me whether ye sold the land for so much;
naming the sum of money which Ananias had brought; though the historian does not mention it. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "tell me, O woman" not calling her by her name, as he did her husband, ( Acts 5:3 )

yea, she said for so much;
just that sum, and no more.

Acts 5:8 In-Context

6 Some young men got up, wrapped his body in a sheet, carried him outside, and buried him.

7 About three hours later Ananias' wife arrived. She didn't know what had happened.

8 So Peter asked her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?" She answered, "Yes, that was the price."

9 Then Peter said to her, "How could you and your husband agree to test the Lord's Spirit? Those who buried your husband are standing at the door, and they will carry you outside for burial."

10 Immediately, she dropped dead in front of Peter. When the young men came back, they found Sapphira dead. So they carried her outside and buried her next to her husband.