Acts 5:3:
Then 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?'
(NIV)
But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to and attempt to deceive the Holy Spirit, and should [in violation of your promise] withdraw secretly and appropriate to your own use part of the price from the sale of the land?
(AMP)
But 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?
(KJV)
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Acts 9:15:
But the Lord said to Ananias, 'Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.'
(NIV)
But the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of Mine to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the descendants of Israel
(AMP)
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
(KJV)
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Christ is the Master the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic though Judas, Ananias, Pilate or Herod were its author.
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Acts 5:1:
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
(NIV)
BUT A certain man named Ananias with his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property
(AMP)
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
(KJV)
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Acts 5:8:
Peter asked her, 'Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?' 'Yes,' she said, 'that is the price.'
(NIV)
And Peter said to her, Tell me, did you sell the land for so much? Yes, she said, for so much.
(AMP)
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
(KJV)
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