King James Version
Acts 5:1 in the King James Version says “But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,” — study this verse from Acts chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,”
Acts 5:1 · KJV
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
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? to lie to: or, to deceive
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“with”
G4862with or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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