Acts 5:11

Contemporary English Version

The church members were afraid, and so was everyone else who heard what had happened.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Word spread quickly that the new church wasn't one to be trifled with. No longer could you say one thing and do another. God was to be respected.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things.

Legacy Standard Bible
And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard these things.

Bible in Basic English
Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

Darby Translation
And great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

New King James Version
So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.

Christian Standard Bible®
Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.

World English Bible
Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon all that heard these things.

Weymouth's New Testament
This incident struck terror into the whole Church, and into the hearts of all who heard of it.

King James Version (1611)
And great feare came vpon all the Church, and vpon as many as heard these things.

Literal Translation
And great fear came to be on all the assembly and on all those hearing these things.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there came a greate feare ouer the whole congregacion, and ouer all the that herde it.

Mace New Testament (1729)
which affected the whole assembly, and all that heard of it with great dread.

THE MESSAGE
By this time the whole church and, in fact, everyone who heard of these things had a healthy respect for God. They knew God was not to be trifled with.

Amplified Bible
And great fear and awe gripped the whole church, and all who heard about these things.

American Standard Version
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.

Revised Standard Version
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And great feare came on all the congregacion and on as many as hearde it.

Update Bible Version
And great fear came on the whole church, and on all that heard these things.

Webster's Bible Translation
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

Young's Literal Translation
and great fear came upon all the assembly, and upon all who heard these things.

New Century Version
The whole church and all the others who heard about these things were filled with fear.

New English Translation
Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

Berean Standard Bible
And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.

Complete Jewish Bible
As a result of this, great fear came over the whole Messianic community, and indeed over everyone who heard about it.

English Standard Version
And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And great feare came on all the Church, and on as many as heard these things.

George Lamsa Translation
And great fear came upon all the congregation and upon all who heard what had happened.

Hebrew Names Version
Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

International Standard Version
And great fear seized the whole church and everyone else who heard about this.Acts 2:43; 5:5; 19:17;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And there was great fear upon all the church and in all them who heard.

Murdock Translation
11 And great fear was on all the assembly, and on all them that heard [fn] .

New Living Translation
Great fear gripped the entire church and everyone else who heard what had happened.

New Life Bible
Much fear came on all the church and on all who heard it.

English Revised Version
And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.

New Revised Standard
And great fear seized the whole church and all who heard of these things.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there came great fear upon the whole assembly, and upon all them that heard these things.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came great fear upon the whole church and upon all that heard these things.

King James Version
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

Lexham English Bible
And great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard about these things.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And great feare came vpon all the Churche, and vpon as many as hearde these thynges.

Easy-to-Read Version
The whole church and all the other people who heard about this were filled with fear.

New American Standard Bible
And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard about these things.

Good News Translation
The whole church and all the others who heard of this were terrified.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And greet drede was maad in al the chirche, and in to alle that herden these thingis.

Contextual Overview

¹ Ananias and his wife Sapphira also sold a piece of property. ² But they agreed to cheat and keep some of the money for themselves. So when Ananias took the rest of the money to the apostles, ³ Peter said, "Why has Satan made you keep back some of the money from the sale of the property? Why have you lied to the Holy Spirit? ⁴ The property was yours before you sold it, and even after you sold it, the money was still yours. What made you do such a thing? You didn't lie to people. You lied to God!" ⁵ As soon as Ananias heard this, he dropped dead, and everyone who heard about it was frightened. ⁶ Some young men came in and wrapped up his body. Then they took it out and buried it. ⁷ Three hours later Sapphira came in, but she did not know what had happened to her husband. ⁸ Peter asked her, "Tell me, did you sell the property for this amount?" "Yes," she answered, "that's the amount." ⁹ Then Peter said, "Why did the two of you agree to test the Lord's Spirit? The men who buried Ananias are by the door, and they will carry you out!" ¹⁰ At once she fell at Peter's feet and died. When the young men came back in, they found Sapphira lying there dead. So they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Bible Verse Review
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Acts 5:5, Acts 19:17, Psalms 89:7, Jeremiah 32:40, 1 Corinthians 10:11, 1 Corinthians 10:12, Philippians 2:12, Hebrews 4:1, Hebrews 11:7, Hebrews 12:15, Hebrews 12:28, 1 Peter 1:17, Revelation 15:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:3 - before Numbers 17:13 - any thing Proverbs 21:11 - the scorner Song of Solomon 6:1 - that Jonah 1:16 - feared Luke 1:65 - fear Luke 5:26 - and were Luke 7:16 - a fear Acts 2:43 - fear 1 Timothy 5:20 - that others Revelation 11:11 - great

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And great fear came upon all the church,.... Which was still more increased by this instance of Sapphira's death:

and upon as many as heard these things; who were not of the church;

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:11. Great fear came upon all the Church — This judgment answered the end for which it was inflicted; a deeply religious fear occupied every mind, and hypocrisy and deception were banished from this holy assembly. On the word Church, see the observations at the end of Matthew 16:0. Matthew 16:28 It has been properly observed that we have in this place a native specimen of a New Testament Church:

1. Called by the Gospel;

2. grafted into Christ by baptism;

3. animated by love;

4. united by all kinds of fellowship;

5. and disciplined by the exemplary punishment of hypocrites.

See Dodd.