6 [4:23]And being dismissed they came to their friends, and related to them what the chief priests and elders said to them. [4:24]And when they heard it they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, and said, Master, thou who hast made heaven, and the earth, the sea, and all things in them, [4:25]who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the nations rage and the peoples devise vain things? [4:26]the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were assembled together against the Lord, and against his anointed. [4:27]For of a truth, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and people of Israel, were assembled together against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou hast anointed, [4:28]to do what thy hand and counsel before appointed to be done. [4:29]And now, Lord, look down upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants with all boldness to speak thy word, [4:30]by stretching out thy hand, that cures and miracles and prodigies may be performed by the name of thy holy servant Jesus. [4:31]And when they had prayed the place was shaken in which they were assembled, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness. CHAPTER IV. THE LIBERALITY OF THE FIRST CHRISTIANS, ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA, FURTHER PERSECUTION. 1 [4:32]AND the multitude that believed had one heart and one soul, and none said that anything of his possessions was his; but they had all things common. [4:33]And the apostles delivered the testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and great favor was towards them all. [4:34]For no one among them was needy; for those who possessed lands or houses sold and brought the prices of the things sold, [4:35]and laid them at the apostles' feet; and distribution was made to each as any one had need. [4:36]And Joseph, called Barnabas by the apostles, which is interpreted, A son of consolation, a Levite, a Cyprian by birth, [4:37]having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles. 2 [5:1]And one Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, [5:2]and he kept back a part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and bringing a certain part laid it at the apostles' feet. [5:3]But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the land? [5:4]Continuing unsold was it not yours, and when it was sold was it not at your disposal? Why did you propose this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God. [5:5]And Ananias hearing these words fell down and expired; and great fear was upon all who heard. [5:6]And the young men arose and laid him out, and having carried him out buried him.