"Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of th…" — Acts 5:9

Acts 5:9 · KJV

“Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband {are} at the door, and shall carry thee out.”

— Acts 5:9

Verse 8

And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

Verse 10

Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying {her} forth, buried {her} by her husband.

Acts 5 — Context

And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband {are} at the door, and shall carry thee out.

Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying {her} forth, buried {her} by her husband.

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Psalms 95:8-11

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, {and} as {in} the day of temptation in the wilderness: {provocation: Heb. contention}

Acts 5:3-4

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? {to lie to: or, to deceive}

Psalms 78:56

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalms 78:18-20

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Psalms 78:40-41

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, {and} grieve him in the desert! {provoke: or, rebel against}

Acts 15:10

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Psalms 50:18

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. {hast...: Heb. thy portion was with}