Read : Acts 5:1-11 "... You have not lied just to men but to God" - Acts 5:4 The Hebrew name Sapphira means the jewel. But tragically whenever the name Sapphira is mentioned, we associate it with greed and deceit. Sapphira along with her husband blatantly lied to God, the Holy Spirit. When the couple saw Barnabas bringing all the money that he got by selling his land to the church, and when they saw the way the people praised Barnabas of his sacrifice, they too wanted to ge