Acts 5:3 meaning and explanation

Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

Acts 5:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Peter, speaking to Ananias in the newly formed church in Jerusalem, names the real issue behind the withheld money. The sin was not keeping part of the sale price, since verse 4 says the property was his to use as he wished.

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