And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.
And great fear came upon all those in the church after hearing of these things [the deaths].
Ananias and his wife, Sapphira (vs 1) have sold some property and lied about the proceeds they had contributed to the church in Jerusalem. As a result, they fell dead after Peter exposed the lying and testing of the Spirit (vss 3-5,9-10).
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