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Line 18: − − Immediately following, we are told that Ananias and his wife cheated: they "sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet." When caught by Peter, Ananias "fell down, and gave up the ghost."
→Early Christian sharing: this section is not aplicable. They died because they lied, not because they kept some of the money.
:Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.(Acts 4:34-7, KJV)
:Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.(Acts 4:34-7, KJV)
This voluntary communal sharing among the early Christians has been described by Marxists as "communism"; Arnold Toynbee has pointed out,
This voluntary communal sharing among the early Christians has been described by Marxists as "communism"; Arnold Toynbee has pointed out,