Acts 5:8

8 Peter said, "Tell me, were you given this price for your field?" "Yes," she said, "that 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 The younger men went right to work and wrapped him up, then carried him out and buried him.

7 Not more than three hours later, his wife, knowing nothing of what had happened, came in.

8 Peter said, "Tell me, were you given this price for your field?" "Yes," she said, "that price."

9 Peter responded, "What's going on here that you connived to conspire against the Spirit of the Master? The men who buried your husband are at the door, and you're next."

10 No sooner were the words out of his mouth than she also fell down, dead. When the young men returned they found her body. They carried her out and buried her beside her husband.