Then Peter said unto her, Why have ye agreed together, to [a]tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thine husband, are at the [b]door, and shall carry thee out.

10 Then she fell down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and carried her out, and buried her by her husband.

11 [c]And great fear came on all the Church, and on as many as heard these things.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 5:9 Look how oft men do things with an evil conscience; so oft they pronounce sentence against themselves, and as much as in them lieth, provoke God to anger, as of set purpose, minding to try whether he be just and almighty or no.
  2. Acts 5:9 Are at hand.
  3. Acts 5:11 The Lord by his marvelous virtue bridleth some, that they may not hurt the Church: other some he awe and fear: and other some he allureth unto him.

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