Acts 5:3

King James Version (KJV)

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Translations

Acts 5:3 - Amplified Bible

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to {and} attempt to deceive the Holy Spirit, and should [in violation of your promise] withdraw secretly {and} appropriate to your own use part of the price from the sale of the land?

Acts 5:3 - American Standard Version

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Acts 5:3 - Bible in Basic English

But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Acts 5:3 - Darby Bible

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?

Acts 5:3 - English Standard Version

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

Acts 5:3 - King James Version

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Acts 5:3 - La Biblia de las Americas

Mas Pedro dijo: Ananìas, ¿por qué ha llenado Satanás tu corazòn para mentir al Espìritu Santo, y quedarte con parte del precio del terreno?

Acts 5:3 - The Message

Peter said, "Ananias, how did Satan get you to lie to the Holy Spirit and secretly keep back part of the price of the field? Before you sold it, it was all yours, and after you sold it, the money was yours to do with as you wished. So what got into you to pull a trick like this? You didn’t lie to men but to God."

Acts 5:3 - New American Standard Bible

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back {some} of the price of the land?

Acts 5:3 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Pero Pedro dijo: "Ananìas, ¿por qué ha llenado Satanás tu corazòn para mentir al Espìritu Santo, y quedarte con parte del precio del terreno?

Acts 5:3 - World English Bible

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Acts 5:3 - Young's Living Translation

And Peter said, `Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

Acts 5:3 - Additional Comments

Give without duplicity. Duplicity: the disguising of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action.
Note that generally there was nothing wrong with only giving half, but it was their lying that was the grievous sin.
There is no such thing as secret sin. Everything is laid bare before God, the only one you truly have to give an account to (Psa 69:5, Heb 4:13). Are there sins that are unconfessed, that you freely repeat or ignore, that you feel you've gotten away with? This shows what God feels about that. And, grace (4:33) is withheld.
Ananias either did not pay attention to how God felt about this, or he did not care. When you choose to sin, aren't these the only choices?

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