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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

她立刻就仆倒在彼得腳前，斷了氣。那些青年人進來，發現她死了，把她也抬出去，埋在她丈夫旁邊。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
妇 人 立 刻 仆 倒 在 彼 得 脚 前 ， 断 了 气 。 那 些 少 年 人 进 来 ， 见 他 已 经 死 了 ， 就 抬 出 去 ， 埋 在 他 丈 夫 旁 边 。

Contextual Overview

¹ But a man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira sold some land. ² He kept back part of the money for himself; his wife knew about this and agreed to it. But he brought the rest of the money and gave it to the apostles. ³ Peter said, "Ananias, why did you let Satan rule your thoughts to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep for yourself part of the money you received for the land? ⁴ Before you sold the land, it belonged to you. And even after you sold it, you could have used the money any way you wanted. Why did you think of doing this? You lied to God, not to us!" ⁵When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. Some young men came in, wrapped up his body, carried it out, and buried it. And everyone who heard about this was filled with fear. ⁷ About three hours later his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened. ⁸ Peter said to her, "Tell me, was the money you got for your field this much?" Sapphira answered, "Yes, that was the price." ⁹ Peter said to her, "Why did you and your husband agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out." ¹⁰ At that moment Sapphira fell down by his feet and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. ¹¹ The whole church and all the others who heard about these things were filled with fear.

Bible Verse Review
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fell: Acts 5:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:8 - gave Exodus 19:22 - break Exodus 30:20 - die not Leviticus 10:2 - they died Leviticus 10:4 - carry 1 Samuel 28:19 - and to morrow 1 Kings 14:6 - why feignest 2 Kings 5:27 - leprosy Job 14:10 - man Ecclesiastes 7:17 - why Ezekiel 11:13 - when Acts 9:4 - he fell

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then fell she down straightway at his feet,.... In like manner, and by the same hand of God as her husband before:

and yielded up the ghost; died directly:

and the young men came in and found her dead; the young men who had been to inter her husband came into the house at that instant, and found her dead upon the floor, at the feet of the Apostle Peter:

and carrying her forth, buried her by her husband; as it was usual with the Jews to do. So they say i, that in the cave of Machpelah were buried Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Leah.

i Cippi Hebraici, p. 4. T. Bab. Sota, fol. 13. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:10. Yielded up the ghost — See Acts 5:5. It was not by Peter's words, nor through Peter's prayers, nor through shame, nor through remorse, that this guilty pair died, but by an immediate judgment of God. The question of the salvation of Ananias and Sapphira has not been a little agitated; and most seem inclined to hope that, though their sin was punished by this awful display of the Divine judgment, mercy was extended to their souls. For my own part, I think their sin was what the apostle, 1 John 5:16, calls a sin unto death; a sin which must be punished with temporal death, or the death of the body, while mercy was extended to the soul. It was right in this infant state of the Church to show God's displeasure against deceit, fraud, and hypocrisy: had this guilty pair been permitted to live after they had done this evil, this long-suffering would have been infallibly abused by others; and, instead of leading them who had sinned to repentance, might have led them to hardness of heart by causing them to presume on the mercy of God. That hypocrisy may be afraid to show her face, God makes these two an example of his justice; but, because they had not the ordinary respite, we may presume that God extended mercy to them, though cut off almost in the act of sin. Their case, however, cannot become a precedent, allowing them to have received mercy; because those who have seen in this case the severity of God must expect much sorer punishment, if, with such an example before their eyes, they should presume on the mercy of their Maker: this would be doing evil that good might come, and the perdition of such would be just.