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Read Acts 5:9 (The Living Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Acts 5.9, Acts 5v9, Ac. 5:9. And Peter said, “How could you and your husband even think of doing a thing like this—conspiring together to test the Spirit of God’s ability to know what is going on? Just outside t…

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9 And Peter said, “How could you and your husband even think of doing a thing like this—conspiring together to test the Spirit of God’s ability to know what is going on? Just outside that door are the young men who buried your husband, and they will carry you out too.”

Passage themes

Called to answer — How is it that ye
Partners in evil — have agreed together
Testing God — to tempt the Spirit of the Lord
Judgment waits outside — the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door

Notes and references

to test the Spirit of God’s ability to know what is going on, literally, “to try the Spirit of the Lord.”

Events in this chapter

5 — Mort d’Ananias et Saphira

About this book

Author: Luc · Written: ~ 65 et 80 ap. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 2h40 · Characters: Etienne, Barnabas, Philippe, Pierre, Paul, Corneille, Prisca (Priscille) et Aquilas, Lydie, Silas (Sylvain), Timothée, Jean Marc

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