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Person

Sapphira

woman in Acts 5

Woman judged with her husband after deceit about a property sale.

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Who or what is this?

Wife of Ananias who conspires with him to sell a piece of property and lay only part of the proceeds at the apostles' feet while claiming to give the whole. When confronts her, she repeats the lie and falls down dead, three hours after her husband, and is buried beside him. The episode produces great fear on the whole church and on all who hear of it.

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