Acts 5:7-11 ESV

7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” 10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.

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7 Pagkatapos ng halos tatlong oras na pagitan, pumasok ang kanyang asawa na hindi nalalaman ang nangyari. 8 Sinabi sa kanya ni Pedro, “Sabihin mo sa akin kung ipinagbili ninyo ng gayong halaga ang lupa.” Sinabi niya, “Oo, sa gayong halaga.” 9 Sinabi sa kanya ni Pedro, “Bakit kayo'y nagkasundo upang subukin ang Espiritu ng Panginoon? Tingnan mo, nasa pintuan ang mga paa ng mga naglibing sa iyong asawa, at kanilang dadalhin ka sa labas.” 10 Agad siyang bumagsak sa kanyang paanan at namatay. Pumasok ang mga kabinataan at natagpuan nilang patay siya. Siya'y kanilang inilabas at inilibing sa tabi ng kanyang asawa. 11 Sinidlan ng malaking takot ang buong iglesya, at ang lahat ng mga nakarinig ng mga bagay na ito.


A CONNIVANCE

Evidently, Sapphira had connived with the lie of her husband Ananias. She affirmed to Peter’s query about the amount of money they got from the sale of the land that her husband had declared. They agreed together to lie to the Holy Spirit.

Their conversation happened three hours after Ananias died, whose pallbearers had just arrived at the scene. Peter told her she would be carried by these pallbearers to be buried beside her husband’s grave. She fell dead immediately and was buried as Peter had said. Consequently, a great fear came upon everyone who knew it.

Definitely, God had sent a strong signal that He must be taken seriously. If God was after of the money, Ananias and Sapphira shouldn’t have died. At least they had given money while many had not. But, their heart was the problem – full of lies and hypocrisy.

If Sapphira was God fearing and had not connive with her husband, the narrative could have been different. But, she was not. Impliedly, she might had either influenced or encouraged her husband to lie. She was supposed to be a help meet who could have warned lovingly her husband about his wrong. Certainly, she was very different to Sarah, who did submit to Abraham when he lied to Pharaoh and Abimilech. As Peter writes, “For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord.”[1 Pet 3:5,6a]

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