Ananias and Sapphira Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.What did Ananias and Sapphira sell?
- A. A house
- B. A possession (a field) ✓
- C. Their flock
- D. Their inheritance
Answer: A possession (a field)
Acts 5:1 (KJV) — 'A certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.'
Q2.What did Ananias do with part of the price?
- A. Gave it all to the poor
- B. Kept back part secretly ✓
- C. Used it for the temple
- D. Gave it to Peter alone
Answer: Kept back part secretly
Acts 5:2 (KJV) — 'And kept back part of the price.'
Q3.Who confronted Ananias?
- A. John
- B. Peter ✓
- C. Stephen
- D. Barnabas
Answer: Peter
Acts 5:3 (KJV) — 'Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie?'
Q4.Peter said Ananias had lied to whom?
- A. Men only
- B. The Holy Ghost ✓
- C. The high priest
- D. The apostles
Answer: The Holy Ghost
Acts 5:3 (KJV) — 'Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost.'
Q5.What happened to Ananias when he heard Peter's words?
- A. He repented
- B. He fell down and gave up the ghost ✓
- C. He fled the city
- D. He cursed Peter
Answer: He fell down and gave up the ghost
Acts 5:5 (KJV) — 'Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost.'
Q6.How long after Ananias did Sapphira come in?
- A. About one hour
- B. Three hours ✓
- C. Half a day
- D. The next day
Answer: Three hours
Acts 5:7 (KJV) — 'It was about the space of three hours after.'
Q7.What did Peter ask Sapphira?
- A. Where her husband was
- B. Whether she sold the land for so much ✓
- C. Why she came in
- D. If she had prayed
Answer: Whether she sold the land for so much
Acts 5:8 (KJV) — 'Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much?'
Q8.What did Peter say tempted them?
- A. The devil
- B. Greed
- C. The Spirit of the Lord ✓
- D. Pride
Answer: The Spirit of the Lord
Acts 5:9 (KJV) — 'How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?'
Q9.What happened to Sapphira?
- A. She repented and lived
- B. She fell down and yielded up the ghost ✓
- C. She was banished
- D. She was forgiven
Answer: She fell down and yielded up the ghost
Acts 5:10 (KJV) — 'Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost.'
Q10.What was the result on the church?
- A. Confusion
- B. Great fear came upon all the church ✓
- C. Increased giving
- D. Division
Answer: Great fear came upon all the church
Acts 5:11 (KJV) — 'And great fear came upon all the church.'