使徒行传 5

亚拿尼亚和撒非喇

1 有一个人，名叫亚拿尼亚，同他的妻子撒非喇，卖了田产， 2 把钱私自留下一部分，他的妻子也知道，其余的部分拿来放在使徒脚前。 3 彼得说：“亚拿尼亚！为什么撒但充满了你的心，使你欺骗圣灵，把卖田地的钱私自留下一部分呢？ 4 田地还没有卖，不是你自己的吗？既卖了，钱不是你作主吗？你怎么心里会想这样做呢？你不是欺骗人，是欺骗上帝！” 5 亚拿尼亚一听见这些话，就仆倒，断了气；所有听见的人都非常惧怕。 6 有些年轻人起来，把他裹好，抬出去埋葬了。

7 约过了三小时，他的妻子进来，还不知道所发生的事。 8 彼得对她说：“你告诉我，你们卖田地的钱就是这些吗？”她说：“就是这些。” 9 彼得对她说：“你们为什么同谋来试探主的灵呢？你看，埋葬你丈夫之人的脚已到门口，他们也要把你抬出去。” 10 她立刻仆倒在彼得脚前，断了气。那些年轻人进来，见她已经死了，就把她抬出去，埋在她丈夫旁边。 11 全教会和所有听见这些事的人都非常惧怕。

主藉使徒行许多神迹奇事

12 主藉使徒的手在民间行了许多神迹奇事；他们都同心合意地聚集在所罗门的廊下。 13 其余的人没有一个敢接近他们，百姓却尊重他们。 14 信主的人越发增添，连男带女都很多， 15 甚至有人将病人抬到街上，放在床上或褥子上，好让彼得走过来的时候，或者影子投在一些人身上。 16 还有许多人带着病人和被污灵缠磨的，从耶路撒冷四围的城镇来，他们全都得了医治。

使徒受迫害

17 于是，大祭司采取行动，他和他所有一起的人，就是撒都该派的人，满心忌恨， 18 就下手拿住使徒，把他们押在公共拘留所内。 19 但在夜间主的使者开了监门，领他们出来，说： 20 “你们去，站在圣殿里，把这生命的一切话讲给百姓听。”

21 使徒听了这话，天将亮的时候就进圣殿里去教导人。大祭司和他一起的人来了，叫齐议会的人和以色列人的众长老，然后派人到监牢里去把使徒提出来。 22 但差役到了，不见他们在监里，就回来禀报， 23 说：“我们看见监牢关得很紧，警卫也站在门外，但打开门来，里面一个人都不见。” 24 守殿官和祭司长听了这些话，心里困惑，不知这事将来如何。 25 有一个人来禀报说：“你们押在监里的人，现在站在圣殿里教导百姓。” 26 于是守殿官和差役去带使徒来，并没有用暴力，因为怕百姓用石头打他们。

27 他们把使徒带来了，就叫他们站在议会前。大祭司问他们， 28 说：“我们不是严严地禁止你们，不可奉这名教导人吗？t看，你们倒把你们的道理充满了耶路撒冷，想要叫这人的血归到我们身上！” 29 彼得和众使徒回答：“我们必须顺从上帝，胜于顺从人。 30 你们挂在木头上杀害的耶稣，我们祖宗的上帝已经使他复活了。 31 上帝把他高举在自己的右边，使他作元帅，作救主，使以色列人得以悔改，并且罪得赦免。 32 我们是这些事的见证人；上帝赐给顺从的人的圣灵也为这些事作见证。”

33 议会的人听了极其恼怒，想要杀他们。 34 但有一个法利赛人，名叫迦玛列，是众百姓所敬重的律法教师，他在议会中站起来，吩咐人把使徒暂且带到外面去， 35 然后对众人说：“以色列人哪，对于这些人，你们应当小心怎样处理。 36 从前杜达出现，自命不凡，附从他的人数约有四百；他被杀后，附从他的人全都散了，归于无有。 37 此后，登记户籍的时候，又有加利利的犹大出现，引诱百姓跟从他，他也灭亡，附从他的人也都四散了。 38 现在，我劝你们不要管这些人，任凭他们吧！他们所谋所为若是出于人，必要败坏； 39 若是出于上帝，你们就不能败坏他们，恐怕你们倒是攻击上帝了。” 议会的人被他说服了，

40 就叫使徒来，把他们打了，又吩咐他们不可奉耶稣的名讲道，然后把他们释放了。 41 他们欢欢喜喜地离开议会，因他们算配为这名受辱。 42 他们就每日在圣殿里，在家里t，不住地教导人，传耶稣是基督的福音。

ACTS 5

Peter Condemns //Ananias and Sapphira

1 Ananias and his wife Sapphira also sold a piece of property.

2 But they agreed to cheat and keep some of the money for themselves.
So when Ananias took the rest of the money to the apostles, 3 Peter said, “Why has Satan made you keep back some of the money from the sale of the property? Why have you lied to the Holy Spirit?

4 The property was yours before you sold it, and even after you sold it, the money was still yours. What made you do such a thing? You didn't lie to people. You lied to God!”
5  t As soon as Ananias heard this, he dropped dead, and everyone who heard about it was frightened.

6 Some young men came in and wrapped up his body. Then they took it out and buried it.
7 Three hours later Sapphira came in, but she did not know what had happened to her husband.

8 Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell the property for this amount?”
“Yes,” she answered, “that's the amount.”
9 Then Peter said, “Why did the two of you agree to test the Lord's Spirit? The men who buried Ananias are by the door, and they will carry you out!”

10 At once she fell at Peter's feet and died.
When the young men came back in, they found Sapphira lying there dead. So they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

11 The church members were afraid, and so was everyone else who heard what had happened.

Peter's Unusual Power

12 The apostles worked many miracles and wonders among the people. All of the Lord's followers often met in the part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch.t

13 No one outside their group dared join them, even though everyone liked them very much.
14 Many men and women started having faith in the Lord. 15 Then sick people were brought out to the road and placed on mats. It was hoped that Peter would walk by, and his shadow would fall on them and heal them.

16 A lot of people living in the towns near Jerusalem brought those who were sick or troubled by evil spirits, and they were all healed.

Trouble for the Apostles

17 The high priest and all the other Sadducees who were with him became jealous. 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail. 19 But that night an angel from the Lord opened the doors of the jail and led the apostles out. The angel said, 20 “Go to the temple and tell the people everything about this new life.”

21 So they went into the temple before sunrise and started teaching.
The high priest and his men called together their council, which included all of Israel's leaders. Then they ordered the apostles to be brought to them from the jail. 22 The temple police who were sent to the jail did not find the apostles. They returned and said, 23 “We found the jail locked tight and the guards standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors and went in, we didn't find anyone there.”

24 The captain of the temple police and the chief priests listened to their report, but they did not know what to think about it.
25 Just then someone came in and said, “Now those men you put in jail are in the temple, teaching the people!”

26 The captain went with some of the temple police and brought the apostles back. But they did not use force. They were afraid that the people might start throwing stones at them.
27 When the apostles were brought before the council, the high priest said to them,

28 t “We told you plainly not to teach in the name of Jesus. But look what you have done! You have been teaching all over Jerusalem, and you are trying to blame us for his death.”

29 Peter and the apostles replied:
We don't obey people. We obey God. 30 You killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross. But the God our ancestors worshiped raised him to life 31 and made him our Leader and Savior. Then God gave him a place at his right side, t so that the people of Israel would turn back to him and be forgiven.

32 We are here to tell you about all this, and so is the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to everyone who obeys God.
33 When the council members heard this, they became so angry they wanted to kill the apostles. 34 But one of the members was the Pharisee Gamaliel, a highly respected teacher. He ordered the apostles to be taken out of the room for a little while.

35 Then he said to the council:
Men of Israel, be careful what you do with these men.

36 Not long ago Theudas claimed to be someone important, and about 400 men joined him. But he was killed, and all his followers were scattered. That was the end of that.

37 Later, when the people of our nation were being counted, Judas from Galilee showed up. A lot of people followed him, but he was killed, and all his followers were scattered.
38 So I advise you to stay away from these men. Leave them alone. If what they are planning is something of their own doing, it will fail.

39 t But if God is behind it, you cannot stop it anyway, unless you want to fight against God.
The council members agreed with what he said,

40 and they called the apostles back in. They had them beaten with a whip and warned them not to speak in the name of Jesus. Then they let them go.
41 The apostles left the council and were happy, because God had considered them worthy to suffer for the sake of Jesus. 42 Every day they spent time in the temple and in one home after another. They never stopped teaching and telling the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.