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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 5 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Acts 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/4.htm" title="Acts 4">◄</a> Acts 5 <a href="../acts/6.htm" title="Acts 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/acts/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Fate of Ananias and Sapphira</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and with his wife’s full knowledge [and complicity] he kept back some of the proceeds, bringing only a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>portion of it, and set it at the apostles’ feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land? <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As long as it remained [unsold], did it not remain your own [to do with as you pleased]? And after it was sold, was the money not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this act [of hypocrisy and deceit] in your heart? You have not [simply] lied to people, but to God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And hearing these words, Ananias fell down suddenly and died; and great fear <i>and</i> awe gripped those who heard of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the young men [in the congregation] got up and wrapped up the body, and carried it out and buried it. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now after an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Peter asked her, “Tell me whether you sold your land for so much?” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Peter said to her, “How could you two have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And at once she fell down at his feet and died; and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And great fear <i>and</i> awe gripped the whole church, and all who heard about these things. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders (attesting miracles) were <i>continually</i> taking place among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in [the covered porch called] Solomon’s portico. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But none of the rest [of the people, the non-believers] dared to associate with them; however, the people were holding them in high esteem <i>and</i> were speaking highly of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>More <i>and</i> more believers in the Lord, crowds of men and women, were constantly being added to <i>their number,</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on one of them [with healing power]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing the sick and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all being healed. <p class="hdg">Imprisonment and Release</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy <i>and</i> resentment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They arrested the apostles and put them in a public jail. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Go, stand and <i>continue</i> to tell the people in the temple [courtyards] the whole message of this Life [the eternal life revealed by Christ and found through faith in Him].” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When they heard this, they went into the temple [courtyards] about daybreak and <i>began</i> teaching. <p class="paragraph"> Now when the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent word to the prison for the apostles to be brought [before them]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; and they came back and reported, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened [the doors], we found no one inside.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now when the captain of the temple <i>guard</i> and the chief priests heard these things, they were greatly perplexed, wondering what would come of this. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But someone came and told them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing [right here] in the temple [area], teaching the people!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then the captain went with the officers and brought them back, without hurting them (because they were afraid of the people, worried that they might be stoned). <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>saying, “We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to bring this <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Man’s blood on us [by accusing us as His murderers].” <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men [we have no other choice]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>cross [and you are responsible]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior <i>and</i> Deliverer, in order to grant repentance to Israel, and [to grant] forgiveness of sins. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.” <p class="hdg">Gamaliel’s Counsel</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Now when they heard this, they were infuriated and they intended to kill the apostles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But a Pharisee named <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law [of Moses], highly esteemed by all the people, stood up in the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) and ordered that the men be taken outside for a little while. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Then he said to the Council, “Men of Israel, be careful in regard to what you propose to do to these men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody [of importance], and a group of about four hundred men allied themselves with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were scattered and came to nothing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up, [and led an uprising] during the time of the census, and drew people after him; he was also killed, and all his followers were scattered. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men [merely human in origin], it will fail <i>and</i> be destroyed; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>but if it is of God [and it appears that it is], you will not be able to stop them; or else you may even be found fighting against God!” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>The Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) took his advice; and after summoning the apostles, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>So they left the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy [dignified by indignity] to suffer shame for [the sake of] His name. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/5-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And every single day, in the temple [area] and in homes, they did not stop teaching and telling the good news of Jesus as the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Ananias wanted everyone to think that he had turned over all the money from the sale, so secretly holding some back was essentially embezzling. If he had been honest and told Peter that he had kept some of the money, he would have done nothing wrong.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> This may refer to either Caiaphas (the official high priest) or his father-in-law, Annas (the de facto high priest). See note 4:6.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> The reason the Council members refused to refer to Jesus by name is unclear, but may indicate contempt, guilt, or perhaps fear.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>wood</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">34</span> Saul of Tarsus, later known as the apostle Paul, was among Gamaliel’s students. 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