Acts 5:4 · WEB
“While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to God."”
— Acts 5:4
Speaker
Peter
Era
Early Church (~50 AD)
Emotion
angry
Type
narrative
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