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• SapphiraPeople

  Sapphira was a member of the early church in Jerusalem who appears in Acts 5. With her husband Ananias, she kept back part of the price of a piece of land while pretending that they had given it all, and she died in the presence of Peter.

• Ananias and SapphiraPeople

  Ananias and Sapphira were a married couple in the early church at Jerusalem whose story is told in Acts 5. After selling a piece of land, they kept back part of the price while pretending to have given all of it. Rebuked by Peter, they died one after the other.

• Ananias of DamascusPeople

  Ananias of Damascus was a disciple in Damascus, mentioned in Acts 9 and 22, who laid his hands on the newly converted Saul (Paul), restoring his sight and leading him to be baptized.

• Ananias the High PriestPeople

  High priest in Jerusalem in the mid-first century. In Acts 23–24 he orders that Paul be struck on the mouth as Paul stands before the Sanhedrin, and he later brings charges against Paul before the governor at Caesarea.

• Ananias (High Priest)People

  Ananias was a Jewish high priest who appears in Acts 23–24. He ordered those standing by to strike Paul on the mouth as Paul made his defense before the council, and he later brought charges against Paul before the governor Felix.

• Acts 5:1–4Bible Verses

  In this passage Peter rebukes Ananias, a member of the early church, for secretly keeping back part of the price of his land while presenting the rest as a gift. Because Peter equates lying to the Holy Spirit with lying to God, the passage is often cited as evidence for the deity of the Holy Spirit. It is also frequently quoted in sermons on giving and honesty.

• Acts 5Bible

  Acts 5 recounts the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, who lied about the price of their land; the signs performed by the apostles and their imprisonment; their examination before the council; Gamaliel's counsel; and the apostles' release.

• Straight StreetBible

  Straight Street is a street within the city of Damascus mentioned in Acts 9:11. The house of Judas, where Saul stayed immediately after his conversion, stood on this street, and Ananias was sent there.

• TertullusPeople

  Tertullus was the courtroom orator who, in Acts 24, accused Paul before the Roman governor Felix on behalf of the high priest Ananias and the elders.

• Felix and FestusPeople

  Felix and Festus were Roman governors of Judea who appear in Acts 23–26. While Paul was imprisoned at Caesarea, each in turn presided over his trial.

• TarsusBible

  Tarsus was a city in the region of Cilicia in southeastern Asia Minor and the hometown of the apostle Paul. It appears in the New Testament Book of Acts and corresponds to the modern city of Tarsus in southern Türkiye.

• Sect of the NazarenesBible

  The "sect of the Nazarenes" is the expression the advocate Tertullus used in Acts 24 for the followers of Jesus when he brought charges against Paul. The Greek word behind "sect" here is closer to "sect" or "faction" than to "heresy" in the modern doctrinal sense.

• Acts 24Bible

  Acts 24 is the chapter in which Paul stands trial before the governor Felix at Caesarea. The accusation brought by the high priest's party is followed by Paul's defense, and the chapter ends with Felix deferring judgment and keeping Paul in custody for two years.

• Judas (of Damascus)People

  Judas was a man whose house stood on the street called Straight in Damascus. Saul (Paul), blinded immediately after his conversion, stayed in his house. Judas is named only once, in Acts 9:11.

• Acts 22:16Bible Verses

  Acts 22:16 is a verse in which the apostle Paul recounts the words Ananias spoke to him at the time of his conversion, words that link baptism with the washing away of sins. For this reason, different denominations frequently cite and variously interpret the verse in discussions of the place of baptism in salvation.