Death of Ananias (아나니아의 죽음)

 

 

 

 

(행 5:5)

아나니아가 이 말을 듣고 엎드러져 혼이 떠나니 이 일을 듣는 사람이 다 크게 두려워하더라 겔11:13

 

5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masaccio 1401 – 1428

Death of Ananias

fresco — 1425

Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence

Masaccio biography

 

This work is linked to Acts 5:5

 

Ananias (or Aeneas) was a member of the first Christian community in Jerusalem. Together with his wife Saphira he sold a piece of land and pretended to lay the entire proceeds at the feet of the apostles. Peter saw through the scheme at once, and the cheating couple fell dead on the spot as if by miracle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raphael 1483 – 1520\

The Death of Ananias

bodycolour on paper on canvas (340 × 530 cm) — 1515-1516

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Raphael biography

 

This work is linked to Acts 5:5

 

Ananias was a member of the Christian community in Jerusalem. He sold a piece of land and pretended he donated all the revenues to the community. In reality he kept part of it to himself.

Peter saw through the lies and confronted Ananias with them. Before Ananias answered, he fell to the ground and died.

The work is a design for a tapestry in the Sistine Chapel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolas Poussin 1593/94 – 1665

Death of Sapphira

oil on canvas (122 × 199 cm) — 1652

  Musée du Louvre, Paris

Nicolas Poussin biography

 

This work is linked to Acts 5:10

 

(행 5:10)

곧 그가 베드로의 발 앞에 엎드러져 혼이 떠나는지라 젊은 사람들이 들어와 죽은 것을 보고 메어다가 그의 남편 곁에 장사하니

10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

 

Sapphira is the wife of Ananias, member of the first Christian community of Jerusalem. The couple sells a plot of land and pretend to lay the full proceeds at the feet of the apostles. Peter sees through the deception and the couple are struck down as by miracle.