Acts 8:22
Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21There is no part nor lot for thee in this matter, for thy heart is not straight in the sight of God.
23For I perceive that thou are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:29But from there ye shall seek LORD thy God. And thou shall find him when thou search after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Daniel 4:27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.
Amos 5:6Seek LORD, and ye shall live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Jonah 1:6So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What do thou mean, O sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we not perish.
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:15-26
The Account of Simon Magus. 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was… Read the whole commentary →