4. While you had the land, it was your own. After it was sold, you could have done as you pleased with the money. So how could you do a thing like this? You didn’t lie to people but to God!”
5. When Ananias heard Peter say this, he dropped dead. Everyone who heard about his death was terrified.
6. Some young men got up, wrapped his body in a sheet, carried him outside, and buried him.
7. About three hours later Ananias’ wife arrived. She didn’t know what had happened.
8. So Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?”She answered, “Yes, that was the price.”
9. Then Peter said to her, “How could you and your husband agree to test the Lord’s Spirit? Those who buried your husband are standing at the door, and they will carry you outside for burial.”
10. Immediately, she dropped dead in front of Peter. When the young men came back, they found Sapphira dead. So they carried her outside and buried her next to her husband.
11. The whole church and everyone else who heard about what had happened were terrified.
12. The people saw the apostles perform many miracles and do amazing things. The believers had a common faith in Jesus as they met on Solomon’s Porch.
13. None of the other people dared to join them, although everyone spoke highly of them.
14. More men and women than ever began to believe in the Lord.
15. As a result, people carried their sick into the streets. They placed them on stretchers and cots so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some sick people as he went by.
16. Crowds from the cities around Jerusalem would gather. They would bring their sick and those who were troubled by evil spirits, and each person was cured.
17. The chief priest and the whole party of the Sadducees who were with him were extremely jealous. So they took action
18. by arresting the apostles and putting them in the city jail.
19. But at night an angel from the Lord opened the doors to their cell and led them out of the prison.
20. The angel told them, “Stand in the temple courtyard, and tell the people everything about life ⌊in Christ⌋.”