1   But a certaine man named Ananias, vvith Saphîra his vvife sold a peece of land,

2   and09Q0874 defrauded of the price of the land, his vvife being priuie thereto: and bringing a certaine portion, laide it at the feete of the Apostles.

3   And09Q0875 Peter said, Ananias, vvhy hath Satan tempted thy hart, that thou shouldest lie to the holy Ghost, and defraude of the price of the land?

4   Remaining, did it not remaine to thee: and being sold, vvas it not09Q0876 in thy povver? Vvhy hast thou put this thing in thy hart? Thou hast not lied09Q0877 to men, but to God.

5   And Ananias hearing these vvordes, fel dovvne, and gaue vp the ghost. And there came great feare vpon al that heard it.

6   And yong men rising vp, remoued him, and bearing him forth buried him.

7   And it vvas the space as it vvere of three houres, and his vvife, not knovving vvhat vvas chaunced, came in.

8   And Peter ansvvered her, Tel me vvoman, vvhether did you sel the land for so much? But she said, Yea, for so much.

9   And Peter vnto her, Vvhy haue you agreed together to tempt the Spirit of our Lord? Behold, their feete that haue buried thy husband, at the doore, and they shal beare thee forth.

10   Forthvvith she fel before his feete, and gaue vp the ghost. And the yong men going in, found her dead: and caried her forth, and buried her by her husband.

11   And there fel great ^note feare in the vvhole Church, and vpon al that heard these things.

12    ^noteAnd by the handes of the Apostles vvere many signes and vvonders done among the people. And they vvere al vvith one accord in Salomons porche.

13   But of the rest

none durst ioyne them selues vnto them: but the people magnified them.

14   And the multitude of men and vvomen that beleeued in our Lord, vvas more increased:

15   so that they did bring forth the sicke into the streates, and laid them in beddes and couches, that vvhen Peter came,09Q0878 his shadovv at the least might ouershadovv any of them, and they all might be deliuered from their infirmities. ^note

16   And there ranne together vnto Hierusalem the multitude also of the cities adioyning, bringing sicke persons and such as vvere vexed of vncleane spirits: vvho vvere al cured. &cross4;

17   And the high priest rising vp, and al that vvere vvith him, vvhich is the heresie of the Sadduces, vvere replenished vvith zeale:

18   laid hands vpon the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.

19   But an Angel of our Lord by night opening the gates of the prison, & leading them forth, said, ^note

20   Goe: and standing speake in the temple to the people al the vvordes of this life.

21   Vvho hauing heard this, early in the morning entred into the temple, and taught. And the high priest comming, and they that vvere vvith him, called together the Councel & al the auncients of the children of Israël: and they sent to the prison that they might be brought.

22   But vvhen the ministers vvere come, and opening the prison, found them not: returning they told,

23   saying, The prison truely vve found shut vvith al diligence, and the keepers standing before the gates: but opening it, vve found no man vvithin.

24   And as soone as the Magistrate of the temple and the cheefe priests heard these vvordes, they vvere in doubt of them, vvhat vvould befall.

25   And there came a certaine man and told them, That the men, loe, vvhich you did put in prison, are in the temple standing, and teaching the people.

26   Then vvent the Magistrate vvith the ministers, and brought them vvithout force, for they feared the people lest they should be stoned.

27   And vvhen they had brought them, they set them in the Councel. And the high priest asked them,

28   saying, ^note Commaunding vve commaunded you that you should not teach in this name: and behold you haue filled Hierusalem vvith your doctrine, and you vvil bring vpon vs the bloud of this man.

29   But Peter ansvvering and the Apostles, said, God must be obeied, rather then men.

30   The God of our Fathers hath raised vp Iesvs, vvhom you did kil, hanging him vpon a tree.

31   This Prince and

Sauiour God hath exalted vvith his right hand, to giue repentance to Israël, and remission of sinnes.

32   and vve are vvitnesses of these vvordes, and the holy Ghost, vvhom God hath giuen to al that obey him.

33   Vvhen they had heard these things, it cut them to the hart, and they consulted to kil them.

34   But one in the Councel rising vp, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a doctor of lavv honorable to al the people, commaunded the men to be put forth a vvhile.

35   and he said to them, Ye men of Israël, take heede to your selues touching these men vvhat you meane to doe.

36   For before these daies there rose Theódas, saying he vvas some body, to vvhom consented a numbre of men about foure hundred, vvho vvas slaine: and al that beleeued him, vvere dispersed, and brought to nothing. ^note

37   After this fellovv there rose Iudas of Galilee in the daies of the Enrolling, and drevv avvay the people after him, and he perished: and as many as euer consented to him, vvere dispersed.

38   And novv therfore I say to you, depart from these men and let them alone: for if this counsel or vvorke be of men, it vvil be dissolued:

39   but if it be ^note of God, you are not able to dissolue ^note them, lest perhaps you be found to resist God also. And they consented to him.

40   And calling in the Apostles, after they had scourged them, they charged them that they should not speake in the name of Iesvs, and dimissed them.

41   And they vvent from the sight of the councel reioycing, because they vvere accounted vvorthy to suffer reproche for the name of Iesvs.

42   And euery day they ceased not in the temple and from house to house to teach and euangelize Christ Iesvs.

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