Acts 5 (NET)

Acts 5:1¹Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 10:1-32 Tim 2:20Matt 13:47-48John 6:37

Acts 5:2²He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles’ feet.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:372 Pet 2:14-152 Kgs 5:21-25Acts 4:34-35Acts 5:3John 12:6Josh 7:11-12Mal 1:14Mal 3:8-9Matt 23:5

Acts 5:3³But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 23:24Isa 29:151 Pet 5:8Acts 5:9John 13:2John 13:27Eccl 5:4Eph 6:11-16Jas 4:7Job 22:13

Acts 5:4⁴Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:31 Chr 29:31 Thess 4:82 Kgs 5:25-27Josh 7:25-26Luke 10:16Acts 5:9Acts 8:21-22Exod 35:21-22Ezek 38:10

Acts 5:5⁵When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:10-11Acts 2:43Acts 5:13Num 16:26-34Rev 11:13Rev 11:51 Chr 13:121 Chr 15:131 Cor 4:211 Sam 6:19-21

Acts 5:6⁶So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:402 Sam 18:17Deut 21:23Lev 10:4-6

Acts 5:7⁷After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 5:8⁸Peter said to her, “Tell me, were the two of you paid this amount for the land?” Sapphira said, “Yes, that much.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:2

Acts 5:9⁹Peter then told her, “Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:9Acts 5:3-4Ps 95:8-11Ps 78:56Acts 15:10Ps 78:18-20Ps 78:40-412 Kgs 6:32Deut 13:6-8Exod 17:2

Acts 5:10¹⁰At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:5

Acts 5:11¹¹Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:51 Cor 10:11-12Acts 19:17Heb 4:1Phil 2:12Heb 12:15Ps 89:7Heb 12:28Jer 32:401 Pet 1:17

Acts 5:12¹²Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:112 Cor 12:12Heb 2:4Acts 14:3Rom 15:19Acts 2:42-43Acts 3:11John 10:23Acts 3:6-7Acts 4:30

Acts 5:13¹³None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:47Acts 4:21Acts 19:17John 12:42John 19:381 Kgs 17:181 Sam 16:4-52 Pet 2:20-22Acts 5:5Isa 33:14

Acts 5:14¹⁴More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:47Acts 4:4Isa 55:11-13Acts 2:41Acts 6:7Acts 9:31Acts 9:35Acts 9:42Ezra 10:12 Sam 6:19

Acts 5:15¹⁵Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:11-12Matt 14:36John 14:12Matt 9:21

Acts 5:16¹⁶A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 16:17-18Mark 2:3-4Acts 4:30Jas 5:16John 14:12Luke 5:17Luke 9:11Mark 6:54-56Matt 15:30-31Matt 4:24

Acts 5:17¹⁷Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees ), and they were filled with jealousy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:45Acts 17:5Acts 7:91 Pet 2:11 Sam 18:12-16Eccl 4:4Job 5:2John 11:47-49John 12:10Matt 27:18

Acts 5:18¹⁸They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:32 Cor 11:23Luke 21:12Acts 12:5-7Acts 16:23-27Acts 8:3Heb 11:36Rev 2:10

Acts 5:19¹⁹But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 16:26Ps 34:7Acts 12:7-11Acts 27:23Acts 8:26Ps 105:17-20Isa 61:1Matt 1:20Ps 146:7Luke 1:11

Acts 5:20²⁰“Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 6:63John 6:681 John 5:11-121 John 1:1-3Matt 21:23John 12:50John 17:3Acts 11:14Jer 36:10John 18:20

Acts 5:21²¹When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin —that is, the whole high council of the Israelites —and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 8:2Acts 12:18-19Acts 22:15Acts 22:2-3Acts 4:5-7Acts 5:17Acts 5:24-25Acts 5:27Acts 5:34Acts 5:41

Acts 5:22²²But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 5:23²³“We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 2:4Ps 33:10Acts 5:19Dan 3:11-25Dan 6:22-24John 8:59Lam 3:37Lam 3:55-58Matt 27:63-66Matt 28:12-15

Acts 5:24²⁴Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:1Acts 5:26Acts 2:12Acts 4:16-17Acts 4:21Dan 2:34-35Dan 2:44-45Isa 53:1-2Isa 9:7John 11:47-48

Acts 5:25²⁵But someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Acts 5:26²⁶Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:13Acts 4:21Acts 5:24Luke 20:19Luke 20:6Luke 22:2Matt 14:5Matt 21:26Matt 26:5

Acts 5:27²⁷When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:22Acts 22:30-23:1Acts 4:7Acts 6:12Luke 22:66

Acts 5:28²⁸saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:25Acts 4:18-21Acts 7:52Acts 4:10-111 Thess 2:15-16Jer 26:15Matt 21:441 Kgs 18:17-181 Kgs 21:201 Kgs 22:8

Acts 5:29²⁹But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:191 Sam 15:24Mark 7:7-9Gen 3:17Rev 14:8-12

Acts 5:30³⁰The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 3:131 Pet 2:24Acts 10:39Acts 13:28-29Acts 3:13-15Acts 4:10-11Acts 2:22-241 Chr 12:171 Chr 29:18Acts 13:33

Acts 5:31³¹God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:47Acts 2:33Heb 2:10Acts 11:18Luke 2:111 John 4:14Rev 1:5Heb 12:2Isa 9:6Titus 3:4-6

Acts 5:32³²And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 15:26-27Heb 2:3-4Acts 1:8Luke 24:47-481 Pet 1:12Acts 10:39-41Acts 13:31Acts 5:29John 16:7-14Acts 10:44

Acts 5:33³³Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:54Acts 2:37Luke 4:28-29John 16:2Matt 24:9Gen 4:5-8Luke 11:50-54Matt 10:21Matt 10:25Matt 23:34-35

Acts 5:34³⁴But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:3Luke 2:46Luke 5:17Acts 23:7-9John 7:50-53Ps 76:10Acts 4:15

Acts 5:35³⁵Then he said to the council, “Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:36Acts 22:26Jer 26:19Matt 27:19

Acts 5:36³⁶For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about 400 men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:92 Pet 2:22 Thess 2:3-7Acts 21:38Gal 2:6Gal 6:3Jude 1:16Matt 24:24Rev 17:3Rev 17:5

Acts 5:37³⁷After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 2:1-2Job 20:5-9Luke 13:1-2Matt 26:52Ps 7:14-15Ps 9:15-16

Acts 5:38³⁸So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:13Lam 3:37Isa 8:9-10Isa 7:5-7Job 5:12-14Prov 21:30Ps 33:10-111 Cor 1:26-281 Cor 3:19Isa 14:25

Acts 5:39³⁹but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:30Isa 46:10Matt 16:181 Cor 1:25Acts 11:17Acts 7:51Acts 6:10Acts 9:5Luke 21:15Isa 43:13

Acts 5:40⁴⁰and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:172 Cor 11:24Acts 4:17-21Acts 5:28John 19:1-4Mark 13:9Prov 12:10Amos 2:12Isa 30:10Luke 20:10

Acts 5:41⁴¹So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:21 Pet 4:13-16Luke 6:22Phil 1:29John 15:21Matt 5:10-122 Cor 12:10Isa 66:5Heb 12:2Rom 5:3

Acts 5:42⁴²And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:46Acts 20:20Luke 21:37Acts 8:35Acts 9:202 Tim 4:2Acts 17:3Rom 1:15-161 Cor 2:2Acts 4:20