Acts 5:4 meaning and explanation
Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
Acts 5:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Peter is speaking to Ananias, a member of the Jerusalem church, after he and Sapphira sold property and brought only part of the money while presenting it as the whole. Peter's questions show that the gift was entirely voluntary: the land was Ananias's before the sale, and the money was his to use afterward.
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