5:10a

At that instant: This means “immediately.” Immediately after Peter finished speaking, Sapphira collapsed and died. Here are some other ways to translate this:

Instantly (New Jerusalem Bible)
-or-
At once (Good News Translation)

she fell down at his feet and died: This probably indicates that Sapphira died while standing and so her body fell to the ground, similar to Ananias in 5:5. See how you translated “fell down and died” in 5:5.

she fell down at his feet: The phrase at his feet indicates that she fell when standing in front of Peter.

5:10b

Then: The Greek word is often translated as “and.” It indicates that the story continues. For example:

and (New American Standard Bible)

In some languages it is more natural to omit this word. For example:

The young men…

the young men came in and, finding her dead: The Greek is more literally “and entering, the young men found her dead.” It makes the young men finding her dead as the main point here. For example:

entering ⌊the room⌋, the young men found her dead
-or-
When the young men came in they found her dead (Revised Standard Version)

the young men: These young men were probably the same ones as in 5:6. Your translation should at least not explicitly say that this is a new group of young men. In some languages it is more natural to refer back to the first mention of them. For example:

those young men

finding her dead: This indicates that the young men saw her collapsed on the floor and realized she was dead. They did not know before entering that she had died. Here are some other ways to translate this:

discovered that she was dead
-or-
saw that she was dead (New Century Version)

5:10c

carried her out: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as carried…out refers to carrying something out of a building or out of an area. See how you translated this Greek word in 5:6.

buried her: See how you translated the word buried in 5:6.

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