1. Acts 5:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What do we know about Ananias and Sapphira?

Acts 5:1 (ESV)

1 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

Apart from this incident we do not know anything else about this couple. Clearly they were married and they were wealthy since they owned property. In terms of their names, Ananias comes from Hebrew and means God has shown me favour. Sapphira comes from Aramaic and means the beautiful one.1