³ Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan^(A) has so filled your heart^(B) that you have lied to the Holy Spirit^(C) and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?^(D)

⁴ Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal?^(A) What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”^(B)

⁵ When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died.^(A) And great fear^(B) seized all who heard what had happened.

⁷ About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

⁸ Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?”

“Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”^(A)

⁹ Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord?^(A) Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

¹⁰ At that moment she fell down at his feet and died.^(A) Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.^(B)