37WHEN IS OWNING HE A FIELD, HAVING SOLD [IT] HE BROUGHT THE MONEY AND LAID [IT] AT THE FEET OF THE APOSTLES. 37sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
1A MAN NOW CERTAIN ANANIAS NAMED WITH SAPPHIRA THE WIFE OF HIM SOLD A PROPERTY Ananias and Sapphira 1Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
2AND HE KEPT BACK FROM THE PROCEEDS, ALREADY BEING AWARE ALSO THE WIFE OF HIM, AND HAVING BROUGHT A PORTION CERTAIN AT THE FEET OF THE APOSTLES HE LAID [IT]. 2With 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.
3SAID HOWEVER <THE> PETER; ANANIAS, BECAUSE OF WHY HAS FILLED <THE> SATAN THE HEART OF YOU TO LIE TO [FOR] YOU THE SPIRIT <THE> HOLY AND TO KEEP BACK YOURSELF FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE LAND? 3Then 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?
4SURELY REMAINING TO YOU IT WAS REMAINING AND HAVING BEEN SOLD IN THE OWN AUTHORITY IT WAS? WHY FOR DID YOU PURPOSE IN THE HEART OF YOU <THE> DEED THIS? NOT YOU HAVE LIED TO MEN BUT <THE> TO GOD! 4Did 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! ”
5HEARING NOW <THE> ANANIAS <THE> WORDS THESE HAVING FALLEN DOWN HE BREATHED HIS LAST. AND CAME FEAR GREAT UPON ALL THOSE HEARING THESE THINGS; 5On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
6HAVING ARISEN THEN THE YOUNGER [MEN] COVERED HIM AND HAVING CARRIED [HIM] OUT THEY BURIED [HIM]. 6Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
7IT CAME TO PASS NOW ABOUT HOURS THREE AFTERWARD ALSO THE WIFE OF HIM NOT KNOWING THAT HAVING COME TO PASS CAME IN. 7About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
8REPLIED THEN TO HER <THE> PETER; DO TELL ME IF FOR SO MUCH THE LAND YOU SOLD? <THE> AND SHE SAID; YES FOR SO MUCH. 8“Tell me, ” said Peter “is this the price you and your husband got for the land? ” “Yes, ” she answered, “that is the price. ”
9<THE> BUT PETER SAID TO HER; WHY [IS IT] FOR IT WAS AGREED TOGETHER BY YOU TO TEST THE SPIRIT OF [THE] LORD? BEHOLD THE FEET OF THOSE HAVING BURIED THE HUSBAND OF YOU [ARE] AT THE DOOR AND THEY WILL CARRY OUT YOU. 9“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? ” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also. ”
10SHE FELL DOWN THEN IMMEDIATELY AT THE FEET OF HIM AND BREATHED HER LAST; HAVING COME IN THEN THE YOUNG [MEN] FOUND HER DEAD, AND HAVING CARRIED OUT THEY BURIED [HER] BY THE HUSBAND OF HER; 10At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
11AND CAME FEAR GREAT UPON ALL THE CHURCH AND UPON ALL THOSE HEARING THESE THINGS. 11And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.
12BY NOW THE HANDS OF THE APOSTLES WERE HAPPENING SIGNS AND WONDERS MANY AMONG THE PEOPLE; AND THEY WERE WITH ONE ACCORD ALL IN THE COLONNADE OF SOLOMON; The Apostles Heal Many 12The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
13OF THE NOW REST NO [ONE] WAS DARING TO JOIN WITH THEM, BUT WERE MAGNIFYING THEM THE PEOPLE. 13Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
14MORE NOW WERE ADDED BELIEVING IN THE LORD, MULTITUDES OF MEN BOTH AND WOMEN, 14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord— large numbers of both men and women.
15SO AS EVEN INTO THE STREETS TO BRING OUT THE SICK AND TO PUT [THEM] ON COTS AND MATS, THAT WHEN IS COMING PETER AT LEAST THE SHADOW SHALL ENVELOP SOME OF THEM. 15As a result people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
16WERE COMING TOGETHER NOW ALSO THE MULTITUDE FROM THE SURROUNDING CITIES INTO JERUSALEM BRINGING [THE] SICK AND [THOSE] BEING TORMENTED BY SPIRITS UNCLEAN, WHO WERE HEALED ALL. 16Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
17HAVING RISEN UP HOWEVER THE HIGH PRIEST AND ALL THOSE WITH HIM, WHICH IS BEING [THE] SECT OF THE SADDUCEES, WERE FILLED WITH JEALOUSY The Apostles Arrested and Freed 17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
18AND THEY LAID THE HANDS OF THEM ON THE APOSTLES AND PUT THEM IN [THE] JAIL PUBLIC. 18and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19AN ANGEL HOWEVER OF [THE] LORD DURING THE NIGHT HAVING OPENED THE DOORS OF THE PRISON, HAVING BROUGHT OUT THEN THEM SAID; 19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
20DO GO AND HAVING STOOD DO SPEAK IN THE TEMPLE TO THE PEOPLE ALL THE DECLARATIONS OF THE LIFE THIS. 20“Go, stand in the temple courts*NoteCloseLiterally the temple; also in verses 21, 25, and 42 and tell the people the full message of this new life. ”
21HAVING HEARD NOW THEY ENTERED AT THE DAWN INTO THE TEMPLE AND WERE TEACHING. HAVING COME NOW THE HIGH PRIEST AND THOSE WITH HIM THEY CALLED TOGETHER THE COUNCIL EVEN ALL THE SENATE OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL AND SENT TO THE PRISON HOUSE TO BRING THEM. 21At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin*NoteCloseOr the Council; also in verses 27, 34, and 41 — the full assembly of the elders of Israel— and sent to the jail for the apostles.
22<THE> AND HAVING COME [THE] OFFICERS NOT DID FIND THEM IN THE PRISON. HAVING RETURNED THEN THEY REPORTED BACK 22But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
23SAYING THAT THE INDEED PRISON HOUSE WE FOUND SHUT WITH ALL SECURITY AND THE GUARDS OUTSIDE ALREADY STANDING BEFORE THE DOORS, HAVING OPENED [THEM] HOWEVER INSIDE NO [ONE] WE FOUND. 23“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside. ”
24WHEN NOW THEY HEARD <THE> WORDS THESE <THE> BOTH THE PRIEST AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE AND THE CHIEF PRIESTS WERE PERPLEXED CONCERNING THEM, WHAT MAYBE WOULD BE THIS. The Apostles before the Sanhedrin 24When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.*NoteCloseLiterally as to what this might be
25HAVING COME THEN A CERTAIN ONE HE REPORTED TO THEM SAYING THAT BEHOLD THE MEN WHOM YOU PUT IN THE PRISON ARE IN THE TEMPLE ALREADY STANDING AND TEACHING THE PEOPLE! 25Then someone came in and announced “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people! ”
26THEN HAVING GONE THE CAPTAIN WITH THE OFFICERS WAS BRINGING THEM NOT WITH FORCE, THEY WERE AFRAID OF FOR THE PEOPLE SO THAT LEST THEY MAY BE STONED. 26At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles— but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
27HAVING BROUGHT THEN THEM THEY SET [THEM] IN THE COUNCIL. AND ASKED THEM THE HIGH PRIEST 27They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
28SAYING; SURELY BY A CHARGE WE COMMANDED YOU NOT TO TEACH IN <THE> NAME THIS. AND BEHOLD YOU HAVE FILLED <THE> JERUSALEM WITH THE TEACHING OF YOU AND YOU INTEND TO BRING UPON US THE BLOOD OF THE MAN THIS. 28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, ” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood. ”
29ANSWERING HOWEVER <THE> PETER AND THE APOSTLES SAID; TO OBEY IT IS NECESSARY TO GOD RATHER THAN TO MEN. 29But Peter and the other apostles replied “We must obey God rather than men.
30THE GOD OF THE FATHERS OF US RAISED UP JESUS WHOM YOU YOURSELVES KILLED HAVING HANGED [HIM] ON A TREE; 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
31HIM <THE> GOD [AS] PRINCE AND SAVIOR EXALTED BY THE RIGHT HAND OF HIM <THE> TO GIVE REPENTANCE <THE> TO ISRAEL AND FORGIVENESS OF SINS. 31God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
32AND WE OURSELVES ARE OF HIM WITNESSES OF THE DECLARATIONS THESE AND ALSO THE SPIRIT NOW <THE> HOLY WHOM HAS GIVEN <THE> GOD TO THOSE OBEYING HIM. 32We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him. ”
33<THE> AND HAVING HEARD THEY FELT CUT UP AND THEY WERE DESIRING TO EXECUTE THEM. Gamaliel’s Advice 33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved*NoteCloseECM, BYZ, TR, and Tischendorf; or they took counsel; SBL, NE, and WH they wanted to put the apostles to death.
34HAVING RISEN UP HOWEVER A CERTAIN [MAN] IN THE COUNCIL A PHARISEE NAMED GAMALIEL, A TEACHER OF THE LAW HONORED BY ALL THE PEOPLE, HE COMMANDED [THEM] OUTSIDE FOR A SHORT WHILE THE MEN TO PUT, 34But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
35HE SAID THEN TO THEM; MEN ISRAELITES, DO TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES WITH <THE> MEN THESE WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO. 35“Men of Israel, ” he said “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
36BEFORE FOR THESE <THE> DAYS ROSE UP THEUDAS AFFIRMING TO BE SOMEBODY HIMSELF, TO WHOM WERE JOINED OF MEN NUMBER ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED; WHO WAS EXECUTED, AND ALL AS MANY AS WERE PERSUADED BY HIM THEY WERE DISPERSED AND THEY IT CAME TO NO [THING]. 36Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
37AFTER THIS MAN ROSE UP JUDAS THE GALILEAN IN THE DAYS OF THE REGISTRATION AND DREW AWAY PEOPLE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF AFTER HIM; AND HE PERISHED, AND ALL AS MANY AS WERE PERSUADED BY HIM WERE SCATTERED. 37After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
38AND <THE> NOW I SAY TO YOU, DO WITHDRAW FROM <THE> MEN THESE AND DO RELEASE THEM, FOR IF SHALL BE FROM MEN <THE> PLAN THIS OR <THE> WORK THIS, IT WILL BE OVERTHROWN; 38So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
39IF HOWEVER FROM GOD IT IS, NOT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO OVERTHROW THEM, OTHERWISE ALSO FIGHTING AGAINST GOD YOU SHALL BE FOUND. [40] THEY WERE PERSUADED NOW BY HIM, 39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God. ”
40AND HAVING CALLED IN THE APOSTLES HAVING BEATEN THEY COMMANDED [THEM] NOT TO SPEAK IN THE NAME <THE> OF JESUS AND RELEASED THEM. 40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
41THEY INDEED THEREFORE WERE DEPARTING REJOICING FROM [THE] PRESENCE OF THE COUNCIL, THAT THEY HAD BEEN COUNTED WORTHY FOR THE NAME <THE> OF HIM TO SUFFER DISHONOR; 41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
42EVERY THEN DAY IN THE TEMPLE AND IN HOUSE NOT THEY WERE CEASING TEACHING AND EVANGELISING [THAT] THE CHRIST [IS] JESUS. 42Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.