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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 5

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Chapter 5 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
  2. and 1kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife’s [a]full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he 2laid it at the apostles’ feet.
  3. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has 3Satan filled your heart to lie 4to the Holy Spirit and to 5keep back some of the price of the land?
  4. While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not [b]under your control? Why is it that you have [c]conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but 6to God.”
  5. And as he heard these words, Ananias 7fell down and breathed his last; and 8great fear came over all who heard of it.
  6. The young men got up and 9covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.
  7. ¶ Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
  8. And Peter responded to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land [d]10for such and such a price?” And she said, “Yes, [e]that was the price.”
  9. Then Peter said to her, “Why is it that you have agreed together to 11put 12the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.”
  10. And immediately she 13fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
  11. And 14great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.
  12. [f]At the hands of the apostles many 15signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in 16Solomon’s portico.
  13. But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, 17the people held them in high esteem.
  14. And all the more 18believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly 19added to their number,
  15. to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by 20at least his shadow might fall on any one of them.
  16. Also the [g]people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick [h]or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
  17. ¶ But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is 21the sect of 22the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
  18. They laid hands on the apostles and 23put them in a public jail.
  19. But during the night 24an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said,
  20. “Go, stand and [i]speak to the people in the temple [j]25the whole message of this Life.”
  21. Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple 26about daybreak and began to teach.
    ¶ Now when 27the high priest and his associates came, they called 28the [k]Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.
  22. But 29the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back,
  23. saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.”
  24. Now when 30the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what [l]would come of this.
  25. But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”
  26. Then 31the captain went along with 32the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for 33they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).
  27. ¶ When they had brought them, they stood them [m]before 34the Council. The high priest questioned them,
  28. saying, “We gave you 35strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and [n]yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and 36intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”
  29. But Peter and the apostles answered, “37We must obey God rather than men.
  30. 38The God of our fathers 39raised up Jesus, [o]whom you had 40put to death by hanging Him on a [p]cross.
  31. 41He is the one whom God exalted [q]to His right hand as a [r]42Prince and a 43Savior, to grant 44repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
  32. And we are 45witnesses [s]of these things; and 46so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
  33. ¶ But when they heard this, they were 47cut [t]to the quick and intended to kill them.
  34. But a Pharisee named 48Gamaliel, a 49teacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in 50the Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.
  35. And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.
  36. For some time ago Theudas rose up, 51claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. [u]But he was killed, and all who [v]followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.
  37. After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of 52the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who [w]followed him were scattered.
  38. So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or [x]action 53is of men, it will be overthrown;
  39. but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found 54fighting against God.”
  40. ¶ They [y]took his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they 55flogged them and ordered them not to [z]speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them.
  41. So they went on their way from the presence of the [aa]56Council, 57rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame 58for His name.
  42. 59And every day, in the temple and [ab]from house to house, they [ac]kept right on teaching and [ad]60preaching Jesus as the [ae]Christ.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or collusion
  2. ^ Or in your authority
  3. ^ Lit placed
  4. ^ Lit for so much
  5. ^ Lit for so much
  6. ^ Lit Through
  7. ^ Lit multitude
  8. ^ Lit and
  9. ^ Or continue to speak
  10. ^ Lit all the words
  11. ^ Or Sanhedrin
  12. ^ Lit this would become
  13. ^ Lit in
  14. ^ Lit behold
  15. ^ Or on whom you had laid violent hands
  16. ^ Lit wood
  17. ^ Or by
  18. ^ Or Leader
  19. ^ One early ms adds in Him
  20. ^ Or in their hearts
  21. ^ Lit Who was killed
  22. ^ Lit were obeying
  23. ^ Lit were obeying
  24. ^ Or work
  25. ^ Lit were persuaded by him
  26. ^ Lit be speaking
  27. ^ Or Sanhedrin
  28. ^ Or in the various private homes
  29. ^ Lit were not ceasing to
  30. ^ Lit telling the good news of
  31. ^ I.e. Messiah

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 5:3
  2. ^ Ac 4:35, 37
  3. ^ Mt 4:10; Lu 22:3; Jn 13:2, 27
  4. ^ Ac 5:4, 9
  5. ^ Ac 5:2
  6. ^ Ac 5:3, 9
  7. ^ Eze 11:13; Ac 5:10
  8. ^ Ac 2:43; 5:11
  9. ^ Jn 19:40
  10. ^ Ac 5:2
  11. ^ Ac 15:10
  12. ^ Ac 5:3, 4
  13. ^ Eze 11:13; Ac 5:5
  14. ^ Ac 2:43; 5:5
  15. ^ Jn 4:48
  16. ^ Jn 10:23; Ac 3:11
  17. ^ Ac 2:47; 4:21
  18. ^ 2Co 6:15
  19. ^ Ac 2:47; 11:24
  20. ^ Ac 19:12
  21. ^ Ac 15:5
  22. ^ Mt 3:7; Ac 4:1
  23. ^ Ac 4:3
  24. ^ Mt 1:20, 24; 2:13, 19; 28:2; Lu 1:11; 2:9; Ac 8:26; 10:3; 12:7, 23; 27:23
  25. ^ Jn 6:63, 68
  26. ^ Jn 8:2
  27. ^ Ac 4:6
  28. ^ Mt 5:22; Ac 5:27, 34, 41
  29. ^ Mt 26:58; Ac 5:26
  30. ^ Ac 4:1; 5:26
  31. ^ Ac 5:24
  32. ^ Ac 5:22
  33. ^ Ac 4:21; 5:13
  34. ^ Mt 5:22; Ac 5:21, 34, 41
  35. ^ Ac 4:18
  36. ^ Mt 23:35; 27:25; Ac 2:23, 36; 3:14f; 7:52
  37. ^ Ac 4:19
  38. ^ Ac 3:13
  39. ^ Ac 2:24
  40. ^ Ac 10:39; 13:29; Ga 3:13; 1Pe 2:24
  41. ^ Ac 2:33
  42. ^ Ac 3:15
  43. ^ Lu 2:11
  44. ^ Lu 24:47; Ac 2:38
  45. ^ Lu 24:48
  46. ^ Jn 15:26; Ac 15:28; Ro 8:16; Heb 2:4
  47. ^ Ac 2:37; 7:54
  48. ^ Ac 22:3
  49. ^ Lu 2:46; 5:17
  50. ^ Ac 5:21
  51. ^ Ac 8:9; Ga 2:6; 6:3
  52. ^ Lu 2:2
  53. ^ Mr 11:30
  54. ^ Pr 21:30; Ac 11:17
  55. ^ Mt 10:17
  56. ^ Ac 5:21
  57. ^ 1Pe 4:14, 16
  58. ^ Jn 15:21
  59. ^ Ac 2:46
  60. ^ Ac 8:35; 11:20; 17:18; Ga 1:16

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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