Discovery BoxActs 5:8 
Context5:8 Peter said to her, “Tell me, were the two of you 1 paid this amount 2 for the land?” Sapphira 3 said, “Yes, that much.”
Acts 15:23
Context15:23 They sent this letter with them: 4
From the apostles 5 and elders, your brothers, 6 to the Gentile brothers and sisters 7 in Antioch, 8 Syria, 9 and Cilicia, greetings!
Acts 25:5
Context25:5 “So,” he said, “let your leaders 10 go down there 11 with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, 12 they may bring charges 13 against him.”
1 tn The words “the two of” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied to indicate that the verb (ἀπέδοσθε, apedosqe) is plural and thus refers to both Ananias and Sapphira.
2 tn Grk “so much,” “as much as this.”
3 tn Grk “She”; the referent (Sapphira) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Grk “writing by their hand” (an idiom for sending a letter).
5 tn Grk “The apostles.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
6 tn Grk “brothers,” but “your” is supplied to specify the relationship, since without it “brothers” could be understood as vocative in English.
7 tn Grk “to the brothers who are from the Gentiles.”
8 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).
9 tn Grk “and Syria,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
10 tn Grk “let those who are influential among you” (i.e., the powerful).
11 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
12 tn Grk “and if there is anything wrong with this man,” but this could be misunderstood in English to mean a moral or physical defect, while the issue in context is the commission of some crime, something legally improper (BDAG 149 s.v. ἄτοπος 2).
13 tn BDAG 533 s.v. κατηγορέω 1 states, “nearly always as legal t.t.: bring charges in court.” L&N 33.427 states for κατηγορέω, “to bring serious charges or accusations against someone, with the possible connotation of a legal or court context – ‘to accuse, to bring charges.”
