Women in the Gospels and Acts · Others in Acts
Sapphira
Wife of Ananias
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She knew that her husband had kept back part of the price of their land. Coming in about three hours after his death, she told Peter the land had been sold for the amount he named, and she too fell down and died.
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1Ananias and Sapphira
Ananias and his wife Sapphira sold land; with her knowledge he kept back part of the price and laid the rest at the apostles’ feet. Rebuked by Peter for lying to God, he fell down and died; about three hours later Sapphira repeated the claim and also died. Great fear came on the whole assembly.