5:1 - But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
And the mystics say that he slew the Egyptian by a word only; as, certainly, Peter in the Acts is related to have slain by speech those who appropriated part of the price of the field, and lied.[308]Tertullian On Modesty
which none but Christ (can do); nay, they inflicted plagues too, which Christ would not do. For it did not beseem Him to be severe who had come to suffer. Smitten were both Ananias[272]The Epistle of Pope Urban First
And the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. And great fear came upon all the Church, and upon as many as heard these things."[7]
5:3 - But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled yours heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
Of this same thing in the Acts of the Apostles: "Why hath Satan filled thine heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, when thy estate was in thine own power? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God."[565]
5:10 - Then fell she down immediately at his feet, and yielded up the spirit: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes
but also put Sapphira to death?[710]
5:13 - And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
Tertullian On Modesty
which God alone (can do), and restored the debilitated to their integrity,[271]
5:15 - Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas
Some also they laid on the road by which he was to pass, and he healed them all by the power of the Lord.[61]
5:20 - Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
Acts of Andrew and Matthias
And straightway they went, and reported to the rulers of the city, saying: We found the prison opened, and having gone inside we found nobody;[23]Origen Commentary on John Book X
and that temple was made in honour of Him who made heaven and earth, why are we not at once told that He is the Son of no one else than the Maker of heaven and earth, that He is the Son of God? To this house of the Father of Jesus, as being the house of prayer, the Apostles of Christ also. as we find in their "Acts," are told[96]
5:29 - Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Dionysius Extant Fragments Part II
From this, therefore, he commanded me to desist, thinking, doubtless, that if I myself should recant, the others would also follow me in that. But I answered him neither unreasonably nor in many words, "We must obey God rather than men."[85]Polycrates of Ephesus
the leaven-I myself, brethren, I say, who am sixty-five years old in the Lord, and have fallen in with the brethren in all parts of the world, and have read through all Holy Scripture, am not frightened at the things which are said to terrify us. For those who are greater than I have said, "We ought to obey God rather than men."[11]Origen Commentary on John Book X
But they came to the house of prayer, through the Beautiful Gate, to pray there, a thing they would not have done had they not known Him to be the same with the God worshipped by those who had dedicated that temple. Hence, too, they say, those who obeyed God rather than men, Peter and the Apostles, "The God[97]
5:30 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom all of you slew and hanged on a tree.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
And we are in this witnesses of these words; as also is the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that believe in Him."[186]
5:31 - Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, in order to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
2 Clement
the Father of truth, who sent forth to us the Saviour and Prince of incorruption,[155]
5:35 - And said unto them, All of you men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what all of you intend to do as concerning these men.
Recognitions of Clement I
Which when Gamaliel, a chief of the people, saw-who was secretly our brother in the faith, but by our advice remained among them-because they were greatly enraged and moved with intense fury against us, he stood up, and said,[60]
5:36 - For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nothing.
Origen Against Celsus Book VI
The Dositheans, again, even in former times, did not rise to any eminence, and now they are completely extinguished, so that it is said their whole number does not amount to thirty. Judas of Galilee also, as Luke relates in the Acts of the Apostles,[59]Origen Commentary on John Book VI
Hence it was, in all likelihood, that as the scribes and lawyers had deduced the time from Holy Scripture and were expecting the Coming One, the idea was taken up by Theudas, who came forward as the Messiah and brought together a considerable multitude, and after him by the famous Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing.[33]
5:38 - And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nothing:
Origen Against Celsus Book I
Now Gamaliel, in the passage referred to, said: "If this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought" (as also did the designs of those men already mentioned after their death); "but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow this doctrine, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."[111]Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate
Let him go, therefore; and if indeed what he does be from God, it will stand; but if from man, it will be destroyed.[83]
5:39 - But if it be of God, all of you cannot overthrow it; lest lest by any means all of you be found even to fight against God.
Tertullian To Scapula
We who are without fear ourselves are not seeking to frighten you, but we would save all men if possible by warning them not to fight with God.[8]Acts of Saint Philip the Apostle When He Went to Upper Hellas
And they reviled and cursed the high priest, saying: Coming oat of Jerusalem we said to thee Refrain: for, being men, we cannot fight against God[15]
5:40 - And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Tertullian Scorpiace
The prisons there, and the bonds, and the scourges, and the big stones, and the swords, and the onsets by the Jews, and the assemblies of the heathen, and the indictments by tribunes, and the hearing of causes by kings, and the judgment-seats of proconsuls and the name of Cµsar, do not need an interpreter. That Peter is struck,[110]
5:41 - And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Let us then be imitators of His patience; and if we suffer[51]Origen Against Celsus Book II
, to which the Scripture adds, "This spake He, signifying by what death he should glorify God; "nor how James the brother of John-an apostle, the brother of an apostle-was slain with the sword by Herod for the doctrine of Christ; nor even the many instances of boldness displayed by Peter and the other apostles because of the Gospel, and "how they went forth from the presence of the Sanhedrim after being scourged, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name,"[107]2 Clement
but also the men that are without, by our righteousness, that the Name[89]
5:42 - And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
"And daily," it is said, "in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not to teach and preach Christ Jesus,"[187]