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NASB					Acts 5:2 and ^Akept³⁵⁵⁷ back³⁵⁵⁷ some of the price⁵⁰⁹² for himself, with his wife's¹¹³⁵ ¹full^4924a knowledge^4924a, and bringing⁵³⁴² a portion³³¹³ of it, he ^Blaid⁵⁰⁸⁷ it at the apostles'⁶⁵² feet⁴²²⁸.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Acts 5:2 and with his wife's full knowledge [and complicity] he kept back some of the proceeds, bringing only a ¹portion of it, and set it at the apostles' feet.

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Or collusion

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Ananias wanted everyone to think that he had turned over all the money from the sale, so secretly holding some back was essentially embezzling. If he had been honest and told Peter that he had kept some of the money, he would have done nothing wrong.

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

Acts 4:35 and lay them at the apostles' feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need.

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652

apostolos; from 649; a messenger, one sent on a mission, an apostle:--apostle(19), apostles(52), apostles'(5), messenger(1), messengers(1), is sent(1).

1135

gunê; a prim. word; a woman:--bride(1), wife(71), wife's(1), wives(11), woman(96), woman's(1), women(33).

3313

meros; from meiromai (to receive one's portion); a part, share, portion:--case(2), country(1), detail(1), district(3), districts(2), group(1), individually(1), part(11), partial(2), partially(1), parts(3), party(1), piece(1), place(3), portion(1), regions(1), respect(1), share(1), side(1), some degree(1), some points(1), trade(1), turn(1), while(1).

3557

nosphizô; from nosphi (apart); to abandon, to set apart:--keep back(1), kept back(1), pilfering(1).

4228

pous; a prim. word; a foot:--feet(83), foot(9), under*(1).

4924a

sunoida; from 4862 and 3609a; to share the knowledge of:--am conscious(1), full knowledge(1).

5087

tithêmi; from a prim. root the-; to place, lay, set:--appointed(6), assign(2), committed(1), conceived(1), destined(1), down*(4), falling(1), fixed(1), kept(1), kneeling*(2), knelt*(3), laid(22), laid aside(1), laid down(1), lay(4), lay...down(2), lay down(8), laying(2), lays down(1), made(4), make(4), offer(1), placed(4), present(1), purposed(1), put(15), puts(2), puts...away(1), putting(1), reached(1), serves(1), set...down(1), set down(1), sink(1).

5092

timê; akin to tiô (to value, honor); a valuing, a price:--honor(28), honorable use(1), marks of respect(1), precious value(1), price(7), proceeds(1), sum(1), value(1).

5342

pherô; a prim. word; to bear, carry, bring forth:--bear(6), bearing(1), bears(3), bring(16), bringing(7), brought(14), carry(1), carrying(1), driven(2), endured(1), leads(1), made(3), moved(1), press(1), produce(2), produced(1), reach(2), rushing(1), take(1), took(1), upholds(1).

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