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The apostolic church

The believers share everything; Ananias and Sapphira

AD 33Inferred from Scripture

Acts 4:32–5:11

The believers were of one heart and soul, sharing their possessions so that no one among them was in need. Barnabas sold a field and gave the money; Ananias and Sapphira lied about theirs and died.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Acts 4:32 (World English Bible)

Their sin was not keeping part of the price, which was theirs to keep, but pretending to give it all: they had lied not to men but to God (Acts 5:4). Great fear came on the whole church.

Dating notes

Ussher: AD 33. The month shown is estimated from the order of events in Acts, so that events of the same year appear in sequence.

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