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- Now - or "But now". This marks a new part of the story. You need to know how contrasting stories are introduced in your language.
- a certain man - This is a way of introducing a new person. Check with your language on how people are introduced in a story.
- he kept back part of the sale money - He was not honest in reporting the full amount of the sale to the apostles. This implied information can be made explicit: "He secretly kept back part of the sale money." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit)
- laid it at the apostles’ feet - This was the common way for the early believers to give. Putting it at the apostles's feet symbolized giving them the authority over how the gift should be used.
- his wife also knew it - his wife also knew it-This can also be translated as, "she knew and agreed to do it"