And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
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Interpretation
The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was, that they were ambitious of being thought eminent disciples, when they were not true disciples. Hypocrites may deny themselves, may forego their worldly advantage in one instance, with a prospect of finding their account in something else.