Acts 5:8

8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you^[a] sold the land for so much. ” And she said, “Yes, for so much. ”

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 young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.

7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much. ” And she said, “Yes, for so much. ”

9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out. ”

10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Footnotes

• [a] 5:8 The Greek for 'you' is plural here