But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
The writer is now about to relate the affair of Ananias and Sapphira, and in order to show that the man’s sin was of the worst description, he first mentions him who performed the virtuous deed (Barnabas in 4:36-37); that, there being so great a multitude all doing the same, so great grace, so great miracles, he, taught by none of these, but blinded by covetousness, brought destruction upon his own head.
