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But a certainmannamedAnanias,withSapphirahiswife,sold a possession,
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And kept back part of the price,hiswifealso being privy to it, andbrought a certainpart, and laid it at the apostles'feet.
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ButPetersaid, Ananias,why hath Satanfilledthinehearttolie to the HolyGhost,and to keep back part of the price of the land?
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Whiles it remained, was it not thine own*? and after it was sold, was it notin thine ownpower?whyhast thou conceivedthisthinginthineheart? thou hastnotlied unto men,but unto God.
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AndAnaniashearingthesewords fell down, and gave up the ghost: andgreatfearcameonall them that heard these things.
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And the young menarose, woundhimup, and carried him out, and buried him.
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And it wasabout the space of threehoursafter,whenhiswife,notknowing what was done, came in.
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AndPeteranswered unto her,Tellmewhether ye sold the land for so much?And she said, Yea, for so much.
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ThenPetersaiduntoher,How is it thatye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?behold, the feet of them which have buriedthyhusband are at the door,and shall carrytheeout.
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Then fell she downstraightwayathisfeet,and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and foundherdead,and, carrying her forth, buried her byherhusband.
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Andgreatfearcameuponall the church,andupon as many asheard these things.
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Andby the hands of the apostlesweremanysignsandwonderswroughtamong the people;* (and they wereall with one accordinSolomon'sporch.
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And of the restdurst no man join himself to them:but the peoplemagnifiedthem.
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Andbelieverswere the moreadded to the Lord,multitudesboth of menand women.)
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Insomuch that they brought forth the sickinto[a] the streets,andlaid them onbedsandcouches,that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadowsome of them.
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Therecamealso a multitude out of the cities round aboutuntoJerusalem,bringingsick folks, and them which were vexedwithuncleanspirits: and they were healed every one.
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Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were withhim,* (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,[b]
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Andlaidtheirhandson the apostles,andputthemin the commonprison.
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But the angel of the Lordbynightopened the prisondoors,andbroughtthemforth, and said,
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Go, standandspeakin the temple to the peopleall the words of thislife.
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And when they heard that, they enteredinto the temple early in the morning*, andtaught. But the high priestcame, and they that were withhim, and called the counciltogether, andall the senate of the children of Israel,andsentto the prison to havethembrought.