Bible Person

Sapphira

Meaning: that relates or tells · Female · 1 cross reference

Sapphira is the wife of Ananias in Acts 5:1. She belongs to the early church's sobering story of deceit in the midst of visible spiritual power. First appears in Acts 5:1.1

AI summary: Sapphira matters because her single cross reference shows that the holiness of the church could not be treated lightly, even by those participating outwardly in generosity. The entry adds personal weight to the warning that hypocrisy before God is not a trivial fault. Taken together, the material presents Sapphira as a tragic figure in the discipline of the early church.1

Central Figure

Sapphira

Meaning: that relates or tells

Beautiful, the wife of Ananias (q.v.).