Acts 5:6

Amplified Bible

And the young men [in the congregation] got up and wrapped up the body, and carried it out and buried it.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the yong men rose vp, and tooke him vp, and caried him out, and buried him.

George Lamsa Translation
The younger men among them arose, and moved his body aside. Then they took him out and buried him.

Contemporary English Version
Some young men came in and wrapped up his body. Then they took it out and buried it.

Complete Jewish Bible
The young men got up, wrapped his body in a shroud, carried him out and buried him.

Darby Translation
And the young men, rising up, swathed him up for burial, and having carried him out, buried him.

Hebrew Names Version
The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

International Standard Version
The young men got up, wrapped him up, carried him outside, and buried him.John 19:40;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And they who were young men among them arose and composed [fn] him, [fn] carried him forth and buried him.

Murdock Translation
And the young men among them arose, and gathered him up, and carried [fn] out, and buried him.

Bible in Basic English
And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the young rose vp, and put hym a part, and caryed hym out, and buryed hym.

English Revised Version
And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and they carried him out and buried him.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

Christian Standard Bible®
The young men got up, wrapped his body, carried him out, and buried him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and some young men came and wound him up, then carried him out, and buried him.

Good News Translation
The young men came in, wrapped up his body, carried him out, and buried him.

King James Version (1611)
And the yong men arose, wound him vp, and caried him out, and buried him.

King James Version
And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

Lexham English Bible
So the young men stood up, wrapped him up, and carried him out and buried him.

Literal Translation
And rising up the younger ones wrapped him, and carrying out, they buried him .

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The yonge men rose vp, and put him asyde, and caried him out, and buried him.

New English Translation
So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.

New Revised Standard
The young men came and wrapped up his body, then carried him out and buried him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But the young men, rising up, wrapped him about, and, bearing him forth, buried him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the young men rising up, removed him, and carrying him out, buried him.

New King James Version
And the young men arose and wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.

New Living Translation
Then some young men got up, wrapped him in a sheet, and took him out and buried him.

New Life Bible
The young men got up and covered his body and carried him out and buried him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the young men arose, wound him up, and carrying him out, buried him.

Weymouth's New Testament
The younger men, however, rose, and wrapping the body up, carried it out and buried it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And yonge men risen, and mouyden hym awei, and baren hym out, and birieden.

Young's Literal Translation
and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried [him].

Revised Standard Version
The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the yonge men roose vp and put him a parte and caryed him out and buryed him.

Update Bible Version
And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and they carried him out and buried him.

American Standard Version
And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and they carried him out and buried him.

New American Standard Bible
The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried [him] out, and buried [him].

World English Bible
The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Some younger men who were there when it happened got up and took care of the body and buried him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the young men rose up and wrapped him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.

Contextual Overview

¹Now a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, ²and with his wife's full knowledge [and complicity] he kept back some of the proceeds, bringing only a portion of it, and set it at the apostles' feet. ³But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land? ⁴"As long as it remained [unsold], did it not remain your own [to do with as you pleased]? And after it was sold, was the money not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this act [of hypocrisy and deceit] in your heart? You have not [simply] lied to people, but to God." ⁵And hearing these words, Ananias fell down suddenly and died; and great fear and awe gripped those who heard of it. ⁶And the young men [in the congregation] got up and wrapped up the body, and carried it out and buried it.⁷Now after an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. ⁸Peter asked her, "Tell me whether you sold your land for so much?" And she said, "Yes, for so much." ⁹Then Peter said to her, "How could you two have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also." ¹⁰And at once she fell down at his feet and died; and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 10:4-6, Deuteronomy 21:23, 2 Samuel 18:17, John 19:40

Reciprocal: Acts 5:9 - the feet

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
To Seth, also, a son was born, whom he named Enosh (mortal man, mankind). At that [same] time men began to call on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the young men arose,.... The younger brethren of the church, who were robust, and strong, and fit for the following service: these rose up from their seats at once, not willing that such an awful spectacle should lie long before them:

and wound him up; in linen clothes, as was the manner of the Jews:

and carried him out: of the house where they were, and out of the city; for the burying places of the Jews were without the city:

and buried him; which was all done in a very short time, as appears by what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the young men - The youth of the congregation; very probably young men who were in attendance as “servants,” or those whose business it was to attend on the congregation, and perform various offices when Christians celebrated their worship (Mosheim). The word used here sometimes denotes a “servant.” It is used also, Acts 5:10, to denote “soldiers,” as they were commonly enlisted of the vigorous and young. The fact that they took up Ananias voluntarily implies that they were accustomed to perform offices of servitude to the congregation.

Wound him up - It was the usual custom with the Jews to wind the body in many folds of linen before it was buried; commonly also with spices, to preserve it from putrefaction. See the notes on John 11:44. It may be asked “why” he was so soon buried; and especially why he was hurried away without giving information to his wife. In reply to this, it may be remarked:

1. That it does not appear from the narrative that it was “known” that Sapphira was privy to the transaction, or was near at hand, or even that he had a wife. Ananias came “himself” and offered the money, and the judgment fell at once on him.

2. It was customary among the ancient Persians to bury the body almost immediately after death (Jahn); and it seems probable that the Jews, when the body was not embalmed, imitated the custom. It would also appear that this was an ancient custom among the Jews. See Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 35:29; Gen 48:7; 1 Kings 13:30. Different nations differ in their customs in burying the dead; and there is no impropriety in committing a body soon after death to the tomb.

3. There might have been some danger of an excitement and tumult in regard to this scene if the corpse had not soon been removed; and as no valuable purpose could be answered by delaying the burial, the body was decently committed to the dust.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:6. The young men arose — Some of the stout young men belonging to the disciples then present, who were the fittest to undertake a work of this kind, which required considerable bodily exertion.

Buried him. — This was on the same day in which he died. It was a clear case that he was dead, and dead by a judgment of God that would not be revoked. As therefore it was no case of suspended animation, there was no reason to delay the burial.