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Acts 5:9-11
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Acts 5:9-11
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9 And Peter said, “How could you and your husband even think of doing a thing like this—conspiring together to test the Spirit of God’s ability to know what is going on?[a] Just outside that door are the young men who buried your husband, and they will carry you out too.”
10 Instantly she fell to the floor, dead, and the young men came in and, seeing that she was dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Terror gripped the entire church and all others who heard what had happened.
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- Acts 5:9 to test the Spirit of God’s ability to know what is going on, literally, “to try the Spirit of the Lord.”
Acts 5:9-11
New International Version
Acts 5:9-11
New International Version
9 Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord?(A) Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died.(B) Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.(C) 11 Great fear(D) seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.
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