Acts 5

Acts 5:1

• But a man
• A man
• But a certain man
• Now a man
• There was, however, a man

• named

• Ananias, with
• Ananias with
• Ananias and
• Ananias who, with
• Ananias, who, with
• Ananias, who with
• Ananias.
• Ananias, with Sapphira
• Ananias, together with

• his

• wife
• wife,

• Sapphira,
• Sapphira
• Sapphira.

• sold a
• sold some

• piece of property;
• piece of property,
• piece of property.
• property;
• property.
• property,
• property
• land.
• possession,
• possession.

Acts 5:2

• and kept back part of the

• proceeds, with
• proceeds with
• price,
• price—

• his wife ’s knowledge, and brought only part of it and

• laid
• placed

• it at the apostles’ feet.

Acts 5:3

• Peter
• But Peter
• Then Peter

• said, ‘
• said, “
• said to
• asked, “

• Ananias, why

• has
• did you let
• did the

• Satan
• satan

• filled
• fill

• your

• heart to
• heart?

• lie to the Holy

• Spirit and
• Spirit and to

• keep back for yourself part of the

• price of the
• proceeds of the
• proceeds from the

• land?
• land.
• field?

Acts 5:4

• While it remained unsold, did it not remain

• your own? And after
• yours? And when
• your own. After
• your own? After

• it was sold, was it not under your

• disposal? How
• disposal? Why
• control? Why

• is it that you have

• conceived this
• contrived this

• deed in
• thing in

• your heart? You

• have
• did

• not
• n’t

• lied to
• lie to

• men, but to
• men but to
• people, but to
• people but to
• us but to

• God.
• God.”
• God!”
• God.’

Acts 5:5

• When Ananias
• As soon as Ananias
• As Ananias

• heard these words, he

• dropped
• fell down and

• dead. Everyone who heard about it

• was
• were

• terrified.

Acts 5:6

• The young
• Some young
• So the young
• And the young
• Then some young

• men

• got up,
• came and
• got up, and,
• got up and
• arose and
• came forward,
• stood up,
• came,

• wrapped
• wrapped up
• covered

• his body.
• his body,
• him up,
• him up.
• him up, and
• him up and
• his body, and
• his body and

• carried
• they carried
• They carried
• then carried

• him out and
• him out, and
• it out and

• buried

• him.
• it.

Acts 5:7

• About three hours

• later,
• later

• his wife

• came in,
• came in.
• came in, but

• not
• she did not
• She did not

• knowing what
• know what

• had happened.

Acts 5:8

• Peter
• And Peter
• and Peter

• said to
• asked
• answered

• her,
• her, “
• her, ‘

• Tell

• me.
• me,

• Is this the
• is this the

• price

• you
• you and Ananias

• sold the

• land?’ ‘Yes,’
• land?” “Yes,”
• land for?’ ‘Yes,’
• land for?” “Yes,”

• she

• said, ‘Yes, for
• said, “Yes, for
• said, “that
• said, ‘that
• said. “That
• answered, “Yes, that
• said, “Yes, that
• replied, “that

• was the
• so
• ’s the

• price.
• price.”
• price.’
• much.
• much.”
• much.’
• amount.”

Acts 5:9

• Then Peter said to

• her, ‘Why
• her, “Why
• her, “How
• her, How

• did
• could
• is it that

• you

• agree to
• conspire to
• agreed together to
• agree together to

• test the
• put the

• Spirit of the

• Lord?
• Lord to the test?

• Look, the
• Look! The
• Look: the
• Behold, the
• Listen, the
• Listen! The

• feet of those who
• footsteps of those who

• have buried your

• husband
• husband.

• are at the
• They are at the

• door, and
• door; and
• door and
• door!
• door.

• they
• They

• will carry

• you out!”
• you out.
• you out.”

Acts 5:10

• At once,
• At once
• Instantly
• At that very moment
• At that very moment,
• Immediately
• Immediately,
• And immediately

• she

• fell down at
• fell at
• fell down by

• his
• Peter’s

• feet, and
• feet and

• died. The
• died. When the

• young men

• came in,
• came in

• they found her

• dead, and
• dead; and
• dead,
• dead.
• dead; so
• dead, so

• they
• They

• carried
• took

• her out, and
• her out and

• buried

• her beside
• her by
• her with

• her husband.

Acts 5:11

• Great
• And great
• and great

• fear came upon all the

• church, and all who
• church and all who
• church and on all who
• church, and upon all who
• church and upon all who

• heard about these
• heard these
• heard what had
• heard of these
• heard

• things.
• happened.
• it.

Acts 5:12

• By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders

• were
• were being

• done among the

• people.
• people; and
• people. And
• people. And all the

• they
• They
• believers

• were all
• were all with one
• met
• used to meet

• together in
• accord in

• Solomon’s

• porch.
• Porch.
• Porch,
• Portico.
• portico.
• Colonnade.

Acts 5:13

• None of the
• No one

• rest
• others
• else
• other people

• dared to
• dared

• join

• them, but the
• them, but
• them. But

• people

• spoke highly of
• held
• esteemed

• them,
• them.
• them highly.

Acts 5:14

• And more than
• and more than
• Yet more than

• ever believers were added to the

• Lord,
• Lord—

• multitudes of both
• multitudes both of

• men and

• women,
• women.

Acts 5:15

• so that they even

• carried out the
• carried the

• sick into the
• sick out into the

• streets, and
• streets and
• streets. They

• laid
• lay
• put
• placed

• them on

• cots and
• beds and

• mats so that when Peter

• came by, at
• came by at

• least his shadow

• might
• would

• fall on some of
• fall on

• them.

Acts 5:16

• Crowds

• gathered from the
• came from all the
• gathered

• towns around

• Jerusalem.
• Jerusalem
• Jerusalem,

• bringing
• They brought

• their

• sick and those
• sick or
• sick, or

• tormented by
• troubled by
• harassed by
• afflicted with

• unclean
• evil
• foul

• spirits; and
• spirits: and
• spirits, and
• spirits. All of
• spirits, and all of
• spirits.

• they
• They
• them

• were all
• were
• was
• were all being

• healed.
• cured.

Acts 5:17

• Then the high
• But the high
• Now the high

• priest

• rose up, and all those who
• rose up and all those who

• were with

• him (that
• him (which

• is the
• is, the

• party of the
• sect of the

• Sadducees), and they were filled with

• jealousy.
• jealousy
• jealousy,
• indignation,

Acts 5:18

• they
• They
• so they
• So they
• and laid their
• and they
• And they
• and laid

• arrested the
• laid hands on the
• hands on the
• hands upon the
• seized the

• apostles and
• apostles, and

• put
• had

• them in the
• them in
• them in a

• public jail.
• public prison;
• public prison.
• city jail.
• jail.
• prison.
• common prison.

Acts 5:19

• But during the night, an
• But during the night an
• But an angel of the

• angel of the
• angel from the

• Lord opened the

• doors of the
• gates of the
• prison doors during the

• jail and
• jail, and
• prison and
• prison, and
• night and
• night, and
• prison,

• brought
• led
• led the

• them out,
• them out.

Acts 5:20

• “Go to the
• “Go! Stand in the
• “Go, stand in the

• temple and
• Temple and
• Temple, and
• temple, and
• temple.
• temple

• Tell the
• tell the
• speak to the

• people
• people all the
• people the

• everything about this
• words of this

• life;’
• life.”
• Life.
• Life.”
• life!”
• new life.”
• new life.’

Acts 5:21

• [Translation pending]

Acts 5:22

• But the officers who
• But when the officers
• But, when the officers
• But when the temple police
• But when the attendants

• got there,
• came,

• they did

• not
• n’t

• find
• find the

• them in the

• prison, so
• prison. So
• prison; so
• prison, and
• prison; and
• prison.
• prison,
• jail; so
• jail, so

• they
• They

• returned, and
• returned and
• went back and
• came back and

• reported,
• told,
• told the Jewish leaders about this.

Acts 5:23

• ‘We
• “We
• saying, “We

• found the

• jail
• prison

• was closed and

• locked, and the
• locked and the
• locked, with the
• locked
• locked. The

• guards
• securely and the guards

• standing at the
• were standing at the

• doors. But when
• doors, but when
• doors; but when

• we

• opened
• opened the
• unlocked the

• them
• them,
• doors
• doors,
• it
• door
• door,

• we found no

• one inside.’
• one inside.”
• one inside!”

Acts 5:24

• Now when the

• captain of the
• commander of the

• temple, and the
• temple and the
• Temple and the
• Temple guard and the
• temple guard and the
• temple police and the
• Temple police and the
• Temple guards and the

• chief
• leading

• priests

• heard these
• heard this

• words,
• report,

• they were

• greatly
• much

• perplexed about them,

• wondering what
• wondering what this

• might
• would
• could

• be.
• come of this.
• lead to.
• grow.

Acts 5:25

• Then someone came and
• But someone came and
• And someone came and

• told
• reported to

• them, ‘The
• them, “The

• men
• men whom

• you

• put in
• put in the

• prison
• jail

• are standing in the Temple teaching the

• people.
• people;’
• people.”
• people!”
• people.’

Acts 5:26

• Then the captain and his men went out and brought the apostles

• back. But
• back. But the

• they
• soldiers

• did

• not
• n’t

• use

• force because
• force, because
• force, for
• force.

• they
• They

• were

• afraid that the
• afraid the

• people

• would
• might

• stone them to death.

Acts 5:27

• When they had brought them, they

• made
• had

• them stand before the

• council. The
• Council. The
• council, the
• council. And the
• Council, and the
• council, and the
• Council; and the
• Sanhedrin. The
• Sanhedrin, the
• Sanhedrin, and the

• High
• high

• priest
• Priest

• questioned

• them,
• them:
• them.

Acts 5:28

• saying, “
• He said, “
• “Didn’t

• We gave you strict orders not to teach in this

• name, and
• name? And
• name. And
• name.
• name,
• name?
• name. But

• Look,
• look,
• yet here
• behold,
• Behold,

• you have filled Jerusalem with your

• teaching, and
• teaching and
• teaching! And
• teaching. And

• you

• intend to
• are determined to

• bring this
• make us guilty of this

• Man
• man

• ’s

• blood upon
• blood
• blood on

• us.”
• us.
• us!”

Acts 5:29

• But Peter and the
• Then Peter and the
• Peter and the

• apostles
• other apostles

• replied, “
• replied,
• replied: “
• answered, “
• said, “
• answered and said: “
• answered and said, “

• We must obey

• God,
• God

• rather than
• not
• rather than any
• instead of

• men.”
• men!
• men;
• men.
• people.
• people!
• human authority!
• human authority.

Acts 5:30

• “The God of
• The God of

• our

• fathers
• ancestors

• raised up
• raised

• Jesus whom
• Jesus, whom
• Jesus from the dead—whom
• Jesus, the One
• Jesus, the one

• you

• killed by
• had killed by
• slew,

• hanging him on a
• hanging on a

• tree;
• tree,
• tree.
• cross.

Acts 5:31

• God
• God has

• exalted
• exalted this

• Him to
• him to
• him at
• Jesus to

• his
• His

• right
• own right

• hand as
• side as

• leader and
• Leader and
• Prince and
• Prince and a

• savior, to
• Savior to
• Savior, to
• savior to

• give
• grant

• repentance to

• Israel and
• Israel, and

• forgiveness of
• remission of

• sins.

Acts 5:32

• We
• And we

• are

• witnesses of these
• witnesses to these

• things and
• things. And
• things; and
• things, and
• events, and
• things,

• so
• so also
• as

• is the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit, whom
• Spirit whom

• Godhas given to those who obey

• Him.
• him.’
• him.”
• Him.”

Acts 5:33

• When they
• Now when they
• When the council members
• When the leaders

• heard this
• heard this,

• they

• were
• became

• furious and
• cut to the
• infuriated and
• infuriated, and
• enraged and
• very angry. They

• wanted to
• heart, and

• kill
• kill the
• put
• execute

• them,
• them.
• them;
• them to death.
• apostles.

Acts 5:34

• But a Pharisee
• But a Pharisee in the

• named Gamaliel, a teacher of the

• law, who
• law who

• was

• respected by all the
• honored by all the

• people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and

• ordered the
• ordered that the

• men to
• men
• apostles to

• be

• put
• taken

• outside for a

• short
• little

• while,
• while.
• time.
• time,

Acts 5:35

• Then he

• said to the
• said to

• council, “
• Council, “
• council:

• Men of Israel, be careful what you

• do to these
• do with these

• men!
• men.
• people.

Acts 5:36

• Some time ago
• For some time ago
• For before these days,
• For before these days
• Not long ago

• Theudas

• rose up,
• rose up

• claiming to be

• somebody, and a
• somebody; to whom a
• somebody. A

• number of

• men
• men, about four hundred,

• joined
• rallied to

• him, but
• him. But
• him; but
• him.

• He
• he

• was

• killed, and all who
• slain and all who
• slain, and all who

• followed

• him,
• him

• were

• dispersed, and
• dispersed and
• scattered and
• scattered, and

• came to nothing.
• came to nought.
• disappeared.

Acts 5:37

• After him
• After him,
• After this man,

• Judas the
• Judas of

• Galilean
• Galilee

• rose up in the
• arose, in the
• arose in the

• days of the

• census, and
• census and
• enrollment, and

• drew

• away some
• away some of the

• people after

• him.
• him;
• him:
• him, but

• he,
• He,
• He
• he

• too,
• too
• also

• perished, and all who
• was killed, and all
• perished and all
• perished, and all

• his
• followed

• him,
• him
• followers

• were

• scattered;
• scattered.
• dispersed.
• scattered abroad.

Acts 5:38

• and now
• And now
• And now,
• So in the present case,
• So in the present case
• And so now

• I

• tell
• say to
• advise

• you,
• you:

• stay away from these
• Stay away from these
• keep away from these
• Refrain from these

• men and
• men, and
• men.

• Leave
• leave
• Let
• let

• them

• alone, for if this
• alone. For if this
• alone: for if this
• alone; for if this
• alone; because if this
• alone, because if this

• plan or this
• counsel or this
• plan or

• work
• undertaking
• activity
• action

• is of
• is from
• be of

• men,
• human origin
• human origin,
• people,

• it will

• be
• come to

• overthrown,
• overthrown;
• overthrown:
• overthrown.
• nothing.
• nothing;
• nothing,
• ruin.

Acts 5:39

• but if it
• But if it
• If it

• is from
• is of
• comes from

• God, you

• will
• wo

• not
• n’t

• be able to

• stop
• overthrow
• stop these

• them.
• them;
• men;
• men.

• you
• You

• may
• will

• even
• only

• find yourselves fighting against

• God!
• God.”
• God!”
• God.’

Acts 5:40

• and they
• And they

• called the
• summoned the

• apostles and
• apostles in,
• apostles in and

• had them

• flogged,
• flogged.

• they
• Then they

• ordered them

• not to
• not

• speak in the name of

• Jesus and
• Jesus, and

• let
• released
• they let

• them go.
• them go;
• them.
• them go free.

Acts 5:41

• The apostles
• So they
• Then they
• They therefore
• As they

• left the
• departed from the
• went out from the

• Council
• council
• Council,
• presence of the council,
• presence of the Sanhedrin,

• rejoicing that
• rejoicing because

• they had been

• counted
• considered
• found

• worthy to suffer

• dishonor for the sake of the
• disgrace for the
• shame for His
• dishonor for the

• name.
• name;
• Name.
• name of Jesus.

Acts 5:42

• [Translation pending]