Acts 5:39

³⁹אֲבָל אִם מֵאֵת אֱלֹהִים הִיא, לֹא תּוּכְלוּ לְהָפֵר אוֹתָהּ פֶּן תִּמָּצְאוּ נִלְחָמִים בֵּאלֹהִים!"k

Acts 5 pivots from the church’s internal purity to its external confrontation with the world. The chapter opens with the sobering account of Ananias and Sapphira, whose deceit brings sudden judgment and holy fear upon the community. Then the apostles, now imprisoned and miraculou