Pero cierto hombre llamado Ananías, con Safira su mujer, vendió una propiedad, 2 y se quedó con parte del precio^a, sabiéndolo también su¹ mujer; y trayendo la otra² parte, la puso a los pies de los apóstoles^b. 3 Mas Pedro dijo: Ananías, ¿por qué ha llenado Satanás^a tu corazón para mentir al Espíritu Santo^b, y quedarte con parte del precio^c del terreno? 4 Mientras estaba sin venderse, ¿no te pertenecía? Y después de vendida, ¿no estaba bajo tu poder? ¿Por qué concebiste¹ este asunto en tu corazón? No has mentido a los hombres sino a Dios^a. 5 Al oír Ananías estas palabras, cayó y expiró^a; y vino un gran temor sobre todos los que lo supieron^1b. 6 Y los jóvenes¹ se levantaron y lo cubrieron^a, y sacándolo, le dieron sepultura.

7 Después de un lapso como de tres horas entró su mujer, no sabiendo lo que había sucedido. 8 Y Pedro le preguntó¹: Dime, ¿vendisteis el terreno en tanto? Y ella dijo: Sí,ese fue el precio^2a. 9 Entonces Pedro le dijo: ¿Por qué os pusisteis de acuerdo para poner a prueba^a al Espíritu del Señor^b? Mira, los pies de los que sepultaron a tu marido están a la puerta, y te sacarán también a ti. 10 Al instante ella cayó a los pies de él, y expiró^a. Al entrar los jóvenes, la hallaron muerta, y la sacaron y le dieron sepultura junto a su marido. 11 Y vino un gran temor sobre toda la iglesia, y sobre todos los que supieron¹ estas cosas^a.

12 Por mano de los apóstoles se realizaban muchas señales¹ y prodigios^a entre el pueblo; y estaban todos unánimes en el pórtico de Salomón^b. 13 Pero ninguno de los demás se atrevía a juntarse con ellos; sin embargo, el pueblo los tenía en gran estima^a. 14 Y más y más creyentes^a en el Señor, multitud de hombres y de mujeres, se añadían constantemente al número de ellos^b, 15 a tal punto que aun sacaban los enfermos a las calles y los tendían en lechos y camillas, para que al pasar Pedro, siquiera su sombra cayera sobre alguno de ellos^a. 16 También la gente¹ de las ciudades en los alrededores de Jerusalén acudía trayendo enfermos y atormentados por espíritus inmundos, y² todos eran sanados.

17 Pero levantándose el sumo sacerdote, y todos los que estaban con él (es decir, la secta^a de los saduceos^b), se llenaron de celo, 18 y echaron mano a los apóstoles y los pusieron en una cárcel pública^a. 19 Pero un ángel del Señor^a, durante la noche, abrió las puertas de la cárcel, y sacándolos, dijo: 20 Id, y puestos de pie en el templo, hablad¹ al pueblo todo el mensaje^2a de esta Vida. 21 Habiendo oído esto, entraron al amanecer en el templo y enseñaban^a. Cuando llegaron el sumo sacerdote^b y los que estaban con él, convocaron al concilio^1c, es decir², a todo el senado de los hijos de Israel, y enviaron órdenes a la cárcel para que los trajeran. 22 Pero los alguaciles^a que fueron no los encontraron en la cárcel; volvieron, pues, e informaron, 23 diciendo: Encontramos la cárcel cerrada con toda seguridad y los guardias de pie a las puertas; pero cuando abrimos, a nadie hallamos dentro. 24 Cuando oyeron estas palabras, el capitán de la guardia del templo^a y los principales sacerdotes se quedaron muy perplejos a causa de ellos, pensando en qué terminaría aquello¹. 25 Pero alguien se presentó y les informó: Mirad, los hombres que pusisteis en la cárcel están en el templo enseñando al pueblo. 26 Entonces el capitán^a fue con los alguaciles^b y los trajo sin violencia (porque temían^c al pueblo, no fuera que los apedrearan). 27 Cuando los trajeron, los pusieron ante¹ el concilio^2a, y el sumo sacerdote los interrogó, 28 diciendo: Os dimos órdenes estrictas de no continuar enseñando en este nombre^a, y he aquí, habéis llenado a Jerusalén con vuestras enseñanzas, y queréis traer sobre nosotros la sangre de este hombre^b. 29 Mas respondiendo Pedro y los apóstoles, dijeron: Debemos obedecer a Dios antes que a los hombres^a. 30 El Dios de nuestros padres^a resucitó a Jesús^b, a quien vosotros habíais matado¹ colgándole en una cruz^2c. 31 Aeste Dios exaltó a¹ su diestra^a como Príncipe^2b y Salvador^c, para dar arrepentimiento a Israel, y perdón de pecados^d. 32 Y nosotros somos testigos¹ de estas cosas^a; y también el Espíritu Santo^b, el cual Dios ha dado a los que le obedecen.

33 Cuando ellos oyeron esto, se sintieron profundamente ofendidos^1a y querían matarlos. 34 Pero cierto fariseo llamado Gamaliel^a, maestro^b de la ley, respetado por todo el pueblo, se levantó en el concilio^1c y ordenó que sacaran fuera a los hombres por un momento. 35 Y les dijo: Varones de Israel, tened cuidado de lo que vais a hacer con estos hombres. 36 Porque hace algún tiempo Teudas se levantó pretendiendo ser alguien^a; y un grupo como de cuatrocientos hombres se unió a él. Y¹ fue muerto, y todos los que lo seguían² fueron dispersos y reducidos a nada. 37 Después de él, se levantó Judas de Galilea en los días del censo^a, y llevó mucha gente tras sí; él también pereció, y todos los que lo seguían¹ se dispersaron. 38 Por tanto, en este caso os digo: no tengáis nada que ver con¹ estos hombres y dejadlos en paz, porque si este plan o acción² es de los hombres^a, perecerá; 39 pero si es de Dios, no podréis destruirlos; no sea que os halléis luchando contra Dios^a. 40 Ellos aceptaron su consejo¹, y después de llamar a los apóstoles, los azotaron^a y les ordenaron que no hablaran en el nombre de Jesús y los soltaron. 41 Ellos, pues, salieron de la presencia del concilio^1a, regocijándose de que hubieran sido tenidos por dignos de padecer afrenta por su Nombre^2b. 42 Y todos los días, en el templo y de casa en casa^1a, no cesaban de enseñar y predicar a² Jesús^b como el Cristo³.

Now a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife’s full knowledge and complicity he ^akept back some of the proceeds, bringing only a ¹portion of it, and ^bset it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has ^aSatan filled your heart to lie to ^bthe Holy Spirit and secretly ^ckeep back for yourself some of the proceeds from the sale of the land? 4 As long as it remained unsold, did it not remain your own to do with as you pleased? And after it was sold, was the money not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this act of hypocrisy and deceit in your heart? You have not simply lied to people, but ^ato God.” 5 And hearing these words, Ananias ^afell down suddenly and died; and ^bgreat fear and awe gripped those who heard of it. 6 And the young men in the congregation got up and ^awrapped up the body, and carried it out and buried it.

7 Now after an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Tell me whether you sold your land ^afor so much?” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9 Then Peter said to her, “How could you two have agreed together to ^aput ^bthe Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.” 10 And at once she ^afell down at his feet and died; and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And ^agreat fear and awe gripped the whole church, and all who heard about these things.

12 At the hands of the apostles many ^asigns and wonders (attesting miracles) were continually taking place among the people. And by common consent they all met together at the temple in the covered porch called ^bSolomon’s portico. 13 But none of the rest of the people, the non-believers dared to associate with them; however, ^athe people were holding them in high esteem and were speaking highly of them. 14 More and more ^abelievers in the Lord, crowds of men and women, were constantly being ^badded to their number, 15 to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by ^aat least his shadow might fall on one of them with healing power. 16 And the people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing the sick and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

17 But the ¹high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is, ^athe sect of ^bthe Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy and resentment. 18 They arrested the apostles and ^aput them in a public jail. 19 But during the night ^aan angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said, 20 “Go, stand and continue to tell the people in the temple courtyards ^athe whole message of this Life the eternal life revealed by Christ and found through faith in Him.” 21 When they heard this, they went into the temple courtyards ^aabout daybreak and began teaching.

Now when ^bthe high priest and his associates arrived, they called together ^cthe Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) , even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent word to the prison for the apostles to be brought before them. 22 But when ^athe officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; and they came back and reported, 23 “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened the doors, we found no one inside.” 24 Now when ^athe captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these things, they were greatly perplexed, wondering what would come of this. 25 But someone came and told them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing right here in the temple area, teaching the people!” 26 Then ^athe captain went with ^bthe officers and brought them back, without hurting them (because ^cthey were afraid of the people, worried that they might be stoned).

27 So they brought them and presented them before ^athe Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) . The high priest questioned them, 28 saying, “We gave you ^astrict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you ^bintend to bring this ¹Man’s blood on us by accusing us as His murderers.” 29 Then Peter and the apostles replied, “^aWe must obey God rather than men we have no other choice. 30 ^aThe God of our fathers ^braised up Jesus, whom you had ^cput to death by hanging Him on a ¹cross and you are responsible. Deut 21:22, 23 31 ^aGod exalted Him to His right hand as ^bPrince and ^cSavior and Deliverer, in order to grant ^drepentance to Israel, and to grant forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are ^awitnesses of these things; and so is ^bthe Holy Spirit, whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.”

33 Now when they heard this, they were ^ainfuriated and they intended to kill the apostles. 34 But a Pharisee named ^1aGamaliel, a ^bteacher of the Law of Moses, highly esteemed by all the people, stood up in ^cthe Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) and ordered that the men be taken outside for a little while. 35 Then he said to the Council, “Men of Israel, be careful in regard to what you propose to do to these men. 36 For some time ago Theudas rose up, ^aclaiming to be somebody of importance, and a group of about four hundred men allied themselves with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were scattered and came to nothing. 37 After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up, and led an uprising during the time of ^athe census, and drew people after him; he was also killed, and all his followers were scattered. 38 So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action ^ais of men merely human in origin, it will fail and be destroyed; 39 but if it is of God and it appears that it is, you will not be able to stop them; or else you may even be found ^afighting against God!”

40 The Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) took his advice; and after summoning the apostles, they ^aflogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. 41 So they left the ^aCouncil, ^brejoicing that they had been considered worthy dignified by indignity to suffer shame ^cfor the sake of His name. 42 ^aAnd every single day, in the temple area and in homes, they did not stop teaching and ^btelling the good news of Jesus as the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) .

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and ^akept back some of the ¹proceeds for himself, with his wife’s ²full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he ^blaid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has ^aSatan filled your heart to lie ^bto the Holy Spirit and to ^ckeep back some of the ¹proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not ¹under your control? Why is it that you have ²conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but ^ato God.” 5 And as he heard these words, Ananias ^acollapsed and ¹died; and ^bgreat fear came over all who heard about it. 6 The young men got up and ^acovered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.

7 Now an interval of about three hours elapsed, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter responded to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land ^afor ¹this price?” And she said, “Yes, for ²that price.” 9 Then Peter said to her, “Why is it that you have agreed together to ^aput ^bthe Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.” 10 And immediately she ^acollapsed at his feet and ¹died; and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And ^agreat fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard about these things.

12 ¹At the hands of the apostles many ^2asigns and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all ³together in ^bSolomon’s ⁴portico. 13 But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, ^athe people held them in high esteem. 14 And increasingly ^abelievers in the Lord, large numbers of men and women, were being ^badded to their number, 15 to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by ^aat least his shadow might fall on any of them. 16 The ¹people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together as well, bringing people who were sick ²or tormented with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

17 But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is ^athe sect of ^bthe Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. 18 They laid hands on the apostles and ^aput them in a public prison. 19 But during the night ^aan angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and leading them out, he said, 20 “Go, stand and ¹speak to the people in the temple area ^2athe whole message of this Life.” 21 Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple area ^aabout daybreak and began to teach.

Now when ^bthe high priest and his associates came, they called ^cthe ¹Council together, that is, all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison for them to be brought. 22 But ^athe officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported, 23 saying, “We found the prison locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” 24 Now when ^athe captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what ¹would come of this. 25 But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple area and teaching the people!” 26 Then ^athe captain went along with ^bthe officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for ^cthey were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).

27 When they had brought them, they had them stand ¹before ^athe Council. The high priest interrogated them, 28 saying, “We gave you ^astrict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and ¹yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and ^bintend to bring this Man’s blood upon us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “^aWe must obey God rather than men. 30 ^aThe God of our fathers ^braised up Jesus, whom you ^cput to death by hanging Him on ^1da cross. 31 ^aHe is the One whom God exalted ¹to His right hand as a ^2bPrince and a ^cSavior, to grant ^drepentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are ^awitnesses ¹of these things; and ^bso is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

33 But when they heard this, they became ^ainfuriated and nearly decided to execute them. 34 But a Pharisee named ^aGamaliel, a ^bteacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in ^cthe Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time. 35 And he said to them, “Men of Israel, be careful as to what you are about to do with these men. 36 For, some time ago Theudas appeared, ^aclaiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined him. ¹But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. 37 After this man, Judas of Galilee appeared in the days of ^athe census and drew away some people after him; he also perished, and all those who followed him were scattered. 38 And so in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, for if the source of this plan or ¹movement ^ais men, it will be overthrown; 39 but if the source is God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found ^afighting against God.”

40 They followed his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they ^aflogged them and ordered them not to ¹speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them. 41 So they went on their way from the presence of the ^1aCouncil, ^brejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame ^cfor His name. 42 ^aAnd every day, in the temple and ¹from house to house, they did not stop teaching and ^bpreaching the good news of Jesus as the ²Christ.

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and ^akept back some of the price for himself, with his wife’s ¹full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he ^blaid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has ^aSatan filled your heart to lie ^bto the Holy Spirit and to ^ckeep back some of the price of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not ¹under your control? Why is it that you have ²conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but ^ato God.” 5 And as he heard these words, Ananias ^afell down and breathed his last; and ^bgreat fear came over all who heard of it. 6 The young men got up and ^acovered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.

7 Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter responded to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land ^1afor such and such a price?” And she said, “Yes, ²that was the price.” 9 Then Peter said to her, “Why is it that you have agreed together to ^aput ^bthe Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.” 10 And immediately she ^afell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And ^agreat fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.

12 ¹At the hands of the apostles many ^asigns and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in ^bSolomon’s portico. 13 But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, ^athe people held them in high esteem. 14 And all the more ^abelievers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly ^badded to their number, 15 to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by ^aat least his shadow might fall on any one of them. 16 Also the ¹people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick ²or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

17 But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is ^athe sect of ^bthe Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. 18 They laid hands on the apostles and ^aput them in a public jail. 19 But during the night ^aan angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said, 20 “Go, stand and ¹speak to the people in the temple ^2athe whole message of this Life.” 21 Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple ^aabout daybreak and began to teach.

Now when ^bthe high priest and his associates came, they called ^cthe ¹Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought. 22 But ^athe officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back, 23 saying, “We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside.” 24 Now when ^athe captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what ¹would come of this. 25 But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!” 26 Then ^athe captain went along with ^bthe officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for ^cthey were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).

27 When they had brought them, they stood them ¹before ^athe Council. The high priest questioned them, 28 saying, “We gave you ^astrict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and ¹yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and ^bintend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “^aWe must obey God rather than men. 30 ^aThe God of our fathers ^braised up Jesus, ¹whom you had ^cput to death by hanging Him on a ²cross. 31 ^aHe is the one whom God exalted ¹to His right hand as a ^2bPrince and a ^cSavior, to grant ^drepentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are ^awitnesses ¹of these things; and ^bso is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

33 But when they heard this, they were ^acut ¹to the quick and intended to kill them. 34 But a Pharisee named ^aGamaliel, a ^bteacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in ^cthe Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time. 35 And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men. 36 For some time ago Theudas rose up, ^aclaiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. ¹But he was killed, and all who ²followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. 37 After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of ^athe census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who ¹followed him were scattered. 38 So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or ¹action ^ais of men, it will be overthrown; 39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found ^afighting against God.”

40 They ¹took his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they ^aflogged them and ordered them not to ²speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them. 41 So they went on their way from the presence of the ^1aCouncil, ^brejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame ^cfor His name. 42 ^aAnd every day, in the temple and ¹from house to house, they ²kept right on teaching and ^3bpreaching Jesus as the ⁴Christ.