Acts 5:1-21 ▼

1 But a certayne man named Ananias with Saphira his wife, solde his possession,

2 and kepte awaye parte of the money (his wife knowinge of it) and broughte one parte, & layed it at the Apostles fete.

3 But Peter sayde: Ananias, Wherfore hath Sathan fylled thine hert, that thou shuldest lye vnto the holy goost, and withdrawe awaye parte of the money of the lyuelod?

4 Mightest thou not haue kepte it, whan thou haddest it? And whan it was solde, the money was also in thy power: Why hast thou then conceaued this thinge in thine hert? Thou hast not lyed vnto me, but vnto God.

5 Whan Ananias herde these wordes, he fell downe, & gaue vp the goost. And there came a greate feare vpon all the that herde of this.

6 The yonge men rose vp, and put him asyde, and caried him out, and buried him.

7 And it fortuned as it were aboute ye space of thre houres after, his wife came in, and knewe not what was done.

8 But Peter answered vnto her. Tell me, solde ye the londe for somoch? She sayde: Yee, for so moch.

9 Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempte the sprete of the LORDE? Beholde, the fete of the which haue buried thy hussbande, are at the dore, & shal carye the out.

10 And immediatly she fell downe at his fete, and gaue vp the goost. Then came in the yonge men, and founde her deed, and caried her out, and buried her by hir hussbade.

11 And there came a greate feare ouer the whole congregacion, and ouer all the that herde it.

12 Many tokens and wonders were done amonge the people by the hades of the Apostles (and they were all together with one acorde in Salomons porche:

13 but of other there durst no man ioyne him self vnto the, neuertheles the people helde moch of them.

14 The multitude of the men and women that beleued in the LORDE, grewe more and more)

15 In so moch that they brought out the sycke in to the stretes, and layed them vpon beddes and barowes, that at the leest waye the shadowe of Peter (whan he came by) might ouershadowe some of the.

16 There came many also out of ye cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem, and brought the sicke and the that were vexed with vncleane spretes, and they were healed euery one.

17 But the hye prest rose vp, and all they yt were with him, which is the secte of the Saduces, and were full of indignacion,

18 & layed handes on the Apostles, and put them in the comon preson.

19 But the angell of ye LORDE by night opened the preson dores, and brought the out, and sayde:

20 Go youre waye and steppe vp, and speake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this life.

21 Whan they herde that, they entred in to the temple early in the mornynge: and taught.But the hye prest came, and they yt were with him, and called the councell together, & all ye Elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the preson to fet them.