3And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?


In Context

1 And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

2 and did keep back of the price — his wife also knowing — and having brought a certain part, at the feet of the apostles he laid it.

3 And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

4 while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why is it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

5 and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, did expire, and great fear came upon all who heard these things,

Acts 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, and by fraud keep part of the price of the land?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3But Peter said, Ananias, Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3But Peter said, |Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?