Acts 5:2

2 secretly kept part of the price for himself, and then brought the rest to the apostles and made an offering of it.

Acts 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:2

And kept back part of the price
At which the possession was sold; he reserved it for his own use, after he had given out that he sold it for the service of the church:

his wife also being privy to it;
to this private reserve:

and brought a certain part;
whether the greater part, or an equal part, half of it, or a lesser part; some little part of it, so the phrase seems to signify, is not certain:

and laid it at the apostles' feet;
as the rest did, thereby to make a show of charity, and cover the deceit.

Acts 5:2 In-Context

1 But a man named Ananias - his wife, Sapphira, conniving in this with him - sold a piece of land,

2 secretly kept part of the price for himself, and then brought the rest to the apostles and made an offering of it.

3 Peter said, "Ananias, how did Satan get you to lie to the Holy Spirit and secretly keep back part of the price of the field?

4 Before you sold it, it was all yours, and after you sold it, the money was yours to do with as you wished. So what got into you to pull a trick like this? You didn't lie to men but to God."

5 Ananias, when he heard those words, fell down dead. That put the fear of God into everyone who heard of it.