Acts 8:24
Then Simon answering, said: Pray you for me to the Lord, that none of these things which you have spoken may come upon me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23For I see thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bonds of iniquity.
Cross References
Genesis 20:17And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:
Exodus 10:17But now forgive me my sin this time also, and pray to the Lord your God, that he take away from me this death.
Numbers 21:7Upon which they came to Moses, and said: We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and thee: pray that he may take away these serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
1 Samuel 12:23And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you, and I will teach you the good and right way.
Ezra 6:10And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.
Job 42:8Take unto you therefore seven oxen, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust : and my servant Job shall pray for you : his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you : for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath.
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 →