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Acts 5:1 — King James Version← Study notes

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,


Acts 5:1Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 5:112 words
GreekMeaning
ἈνὴρAnēr
A mannounG435
δέde
nowwordG1161
τιςtis
certainpronounG5100
ἉνανίαςHananias
AnaniasnounG367
ὀνόματιonomati
namednounG3686
σὺνsyn
withprepositionG4862
ΣαπφίρῃSapphirē
SapphiranounG4551
τῇ
thearticleG3588
γυναικὶgynaiki
wifenounG1135
αὐτοῦautou
of himpronounG846
ἐπώλησενepōlēsen
soldverbG4453
κτῆμαktēma
a propertynounG2933
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 5:1

And Joses, who by the Apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation), a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the Apostles' feet. The writer is now about to relate the affair of Ananias and Sapphira, and in order to show that the man's sin was of the worst description, he first mentions him who performed the virtuous deed; that, there being so great a multitude all doing the…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Ananias and Sapphira watched Barnabas give everything and receive only blessing. They wanted the same reputation without the same surrender. I see this impulse constantly in our social media age. We w...
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