Peter uses this question to rebuke Ananias. AT: "you should not have let Satan convince you to lie ... land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
Here the word "heart" refers to the will and emotions. Possible meanings are 1) "Satan completely controlled you" or 2) "Satan convinced you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
This implies that Ananias had told the apostles that he was giving the entire amount that he had received from selling his land. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
Peter uses this question to rebuke Ananias. AT: "While it remained unsold, it was your own possession" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# While it remained unsold
"While you had not sold it"
# after it was sold, was it not in your control?
Peter uses this question to rebuke Ananias. AT: "after it was sold, you had control over the money that you received." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# after it was sold
This can be stated in active form. AT: "after you sold it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# How is it that you thought of this thing in your heart?
Peter used this question to rebuke Ananias. Here the word "heart" refers to the will and emotions. AT: "You should not have thought of doing this thing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# fell down and breathed his last
Here "breathed his last" means "breathed his final breath" and is a polite way of saying that he died. Ananias fell down because he died; he did not die because he fell down. AT: "died and fell to the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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