Acts 5:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Bvt a certaine man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, solde a possession,

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  • Lev 10:1-3 : 1 Bvt Nadab and Abihu, the sonnes of Aaron, tooke either of them his censor, and put fire therein, and put incense thereupon, and offred strange fire before the Lorde, which hee had not commaunded them. 2 Therefore a fire went out from the Lord, & deuoured them: so they dyed before the Lord. 3 Then Moses sayde vnto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will bee sanctified in the that come neere me, & before all the people I will be glorified: but Aaron held his peace.
  • Josh 6:1 : 1 Now Iericho was shut vp, and closed, because of the children of Israel: none might go out nor enter in.
  • Matt 13:47-48 : 47 Againe, the kingdom of heauen is like vnto a drawe net cast into the sea, that gathereth of all kindes of things. 48 Which, when it is full, men draw to lande, and sit and gather the good into vessels, and cast the bad away.
  • John 6:37 : 37 All that the Father giueth me, shall come to mee: and him that commeth to me, I cast not away.
  • 2 Tim 2:20 : 20 Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of gold & of siluer, but also of wood and of earth, and some for honour, and some vnto dishonour.

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  • Acts 5:2-12
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    2 And kept away part of the price, his wife also being of counsell, and brought a certaine part, and layde it downe at the Apostles feete.

    3 Then saide Peter, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart, that thou shouldest lye vnto the holy Ghost, and keepe away part of the price of this possession?

    4 Whiles it remained, appertained it not vnto thee? and after it was solde, was it not in thine owne power? howe is it that thou hast conceiued this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lyed vnto men, but vnto God.

    5 Now when Ananias heard these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the ghost. Then great feare came on all them that heard these things.

    6 And the yong men rose vp, and tooke him vp, and caried him out, and buried him.

    7 And it came to passe about the space of three houres after, that his wife came in, ignorant of that which was done.

    8 And Peter sayd vnto her, Tell me, solde ye the land for so much? And she sayd, Yea, for so much.

    9 Then Peter sayde vnto her, Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? beholde, the feete of them which haue buried thine husband, are at the doore, and shall carie thee out.

    10 Then she fell downe straightway at his feete, and yeelded vp the ghost: and the yong men came in, and found her dead, and caried her out, and buried her by her husband.

    11 And great feare came on all the Church, and on as many as heard these things.

    12 Thus by the hands of the Apostles were many signes and wonders shewed among the people (and they were all with one accorde in Solomons porche.

  • Acts 4:37
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    37 Where as he had land, solde it, and brought the money, & laid it downe at the Apostles feete.

  • Acts 22:12
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    12 And one Ananias a godly man, as perteining to the Lawe, hauing good report of all the Iewes which dwelt there,

  • Acts 4:34-35
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    34 Neither was there any among them, that lacked: for as many as were possessours of landes or houses, solde them, and brought the price of the things that were solde,

    35 And layde it downe at the Apostles feete, and it was distributed vnto euery man, according as he had neede.

  • Acts 2:44-45
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    44 And all that beleeued, were in one place, and had all things common.

    45 And they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all me, as euery one had need.

  • Acts 9:12-14
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    12 (And he sawe in a vision a man named Ananias comming in to him, and putting his hands on him, that he might receiue his sight.)

    13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I haue heard by many of this man, howe much euill hee hath done to thy saints at Hierusalem.

    14 Moreouer here hee hath authoritie of the hie Priestes, to binde all that call on thy Name.

  • 1 Cor 5:1-2
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    67%

    1 It is heard certainely that there is fornication among you: and such fornication as is not once named among the Gentiles, that one should haue his fathers wife.

    2 And ye are puffed vp and haue not rather sorowed, that he which hath done this deede, might be put from among you.

  • Acts 1:18
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    18 He therefore hath purchased a field with the reward of iniquitie: and when he had throwen downe himselfe headlong, hee brast asunder in the middes, and all his bowels gushed out.

  • Num 5:11-13
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    66%

    11 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

    12 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, If any mans wife turne to euill, and commit a trespasse against him,

    13 So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner,

  • Acts 4:32
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    32 And the multitude of them that beleeued, were of one heart, and of one soule: neither any of them said, that any thing of that which he possessed, was his owne, but they had all thinges common.

  • Acts 8:20-21
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    20 Then saide Peter vnto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thinkest that the gift of God may be obteined with money.

    21 Thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this businesse: for thine heart is not right in the sight of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:5
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    5 Defraude not one another, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may giue your selues to fasting and praier, and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinecie.

  • Mark 1:30
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    30 And Symons wiues mother lay sicke of a feuer, and anon they told him of her.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2 If any sinne and commit a trespasse against the Lorde, and denie vnto his neighbour that, which was take him to keepe, or that which was put to him of trust, or doth by robberie, or by violence oppresse his neighbour,

  • 1 Tim 5:15
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    15 For certaine are alreadie turned backe after Satan.

  • Acts 9:10
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    10 And there was a certaine disciple at Damascus named Ananias, and to him sayd the Lord in a vision, Ananias; he sayd, Beholde, I am here Lord.

  • Acts 8:9
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    9 And there was before in the citie a certaine man called Simon, which vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he himselfe was some great man.

  • Acts 5:17-18
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    17 Then the chiefe Priest rose vp, and all they that were with him (which was the sect of the Sadduces) and were full of indignation,

    18 And laide hands on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, & the chiefe Priest asked them,

  • Acts 10:5
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    5 Nowe therefore send men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

  • Acts 9:17
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    17 Then Ananias went his way, and entred into that house, and put his hands on him, and sayd, Brother Saul, the Lorde hath sent me (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the way as thou camest) that thou mightest receiue thy sight, and be filled with the holy Ghost.

  • Acts 4:5-6
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    5 And it came to passe on the morow, that their rulers, and Elders, and Scribes, were gathered together at Hierusalem,

    6 And Annas the chiefe Priest, and Caiaphas, and Iohn, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the hie Priestes.

  • Acts 8:18
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    18 And when Simon sawe, that through laying on of the Apostles hands the holy Ghost was giuen, he offred them money,

  • Acts 5:14-15
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    14 Also the number of them that beleeued in the Lord, both of men and women, grewe more and more)

    15 In so much that they brought the sicke into the streetes, and layd them on beds and couches, that at the least way the shadowe of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them.

  • Acts 24:1
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    1 Now after fiue dayes, Ananias the hie Priest came downe with the Elders, and with Tertullus a certaine oratour, which appeared before the Gouernour against Paul.

  • Num 5:6
    62%

    6 Speake vnto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sinne that men commit, and transgresse against the Lorde, when that person shall trespasse,

  • Gen 2:25
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    25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • Num 5:29
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    29 This is the law of ielousie, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled,

  • Acts 5:35
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    35 And sayd vnto them, Men of Israel, take heede to your selues, what ye intende to doe touching these men.