Ananias and Sapphira
（重定向自Sapphira）
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Ananias /ˌænəˈnaɪ.əs/ and his wife Sapphira /sæˈfaɪərə/ were, according to the Acts of the Apostles chapter 5, members of the early Christian church in Jerusalem. The account records their sudden deaths after lying to the Holy Spirit about money.
Their story is rarely shown in art, but is the subject of one of the Raphael Cartoons, and a panel on the Brescia Casket, both illustrated here.