Acts 5:6

And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and then carried him out and buried him.

Sapphira was not notified; no mourning was mentioned; no delay was made; and, in such circumstances, apostolic authority must be assigned as their cause. The natural thing, upon the death of Ananias, would have been the seeking and informing of his wife; but no such amenity was permitted. The apostles accepted the occurrence as a divine judgment against sin, remembering no doubt that "severe examples had also occurred"[17] in the days of Moses, as in the cases of Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:1,2) and of Achan (Joshua 7:16-25).