SAPPHIRA, a Christian Woman, and Wife of Ananias. They having sold together a Field in their Possession, brought a Part of the Price of the Field, and laid it at the Feet of the Apostles, as if it had been the whole Price, reserving the rest for their own Use. But for this Prevarication they were both struck with sudden Death ; as Acts v. 1, 2, 3, &c.we have seen before under the Article ANANIAS.
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Sapphira,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/sapphira/.