Acts 5:8 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Peter looked at her and said, 'Tell me the truth — is this really what you got for the land?' And she answered, 'Yes, that's exactly what we sold it for.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Peter gave her one last chance to come clean, but she doubled down on the lie.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

Luke wrote the book of Acts to Theophilus, likely in the mid-to-late first century CE. It chronicles the early Christian community's formation

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