Acts 5:6

6 And the yonge men roose vp and put him a parte and caryed him out and buryed him.

Acts 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:6

And the young men arose
The younger brethren of the church, who were robust, and strong, and fit for the following service: these rose up from their seats at once, not willing that such an awful spectacle should lie long before them:

and wound him up;
in linen clothes, as was the manner of the Jews:

and carried him out:
of the house where they were, and out of the city; for the burying places of the Jews were without the city:

and buried him;
which was all done in a very short time, as appears by what follows.

Acts 5:6 In-Context

4 Pertayned it not vnto the only and after it was solde was not the pryce in thyne awne power? How is it that thou hast coceaved this thinge in thyne herte? Thou hast not lyed vnto men but vnto God.

5 When Ananias herde these wordes. he fell doune and gave vp the goost. And great feare came on all the that these thinges hearde.

6 And the yonge men roose vp and put him a parte and caryed him out and buryed him.

7 And it fortuned as it were aboute the space of .iii. houres after that his wyfe came in ignoraunt of that which was done.

8 And Peter sayde vnto her: Tell me gave ye the londe for so moche? And she sayde: ye for so moche