Acts 5:2 meaning and explanation

With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Acts 5:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Ananias and Sapphira had sold a field, and the money was theirs to keep or give (verse 4). The sin was not withholding part of the price but pretending the gift was the whole.

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