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why has Satan filled your heart to lie ... land?
Peter uses this question to rebuke Ananias. AT: "you should not have let Satan fill your heart to lie ... land." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
Satan filled your heart
Here the word "heart" is a metonym for the will and emotions. The phrase "Satan filled your heart" is a metaphor. Possible meanings of the metaphor 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-metaphor)
to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price
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)
While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own ... control?
Peter uses this question to rebuke Ananias. AT: "While it remained unsold, it was your own ... control." (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)