Acts 8:24
“Please pray for me, that nothing you've said may happen to me!” Simon replied.
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23I can see that you are full of bitter envy, and chained down by your sin.”
Cross References
Genesis 20:17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves, so that they could have children again.
Exodus 10:17So please forgive my sin just this one time and plead with the Lord your God, asking him to at least take away this deathly plague from me.”
Numbers 21:7The people went to see Moses and told him, “We were wrong to make complaints against the Lord and against you. Please pray to the Lord to get rid of the snakes from us.” Moses prayed to the Lord on their behalf.
1 Samuel 12:23As for me, how could I sin against the Lord by no longer praying for you? I will also continue to teach you the way of goodness and right.
Ezra 6:10In this way they can offer sacrifices that are acceptable to the God of heaven, and pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
Job 42:8So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job, and you shall offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray on your behalf and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your foolishness, because you have not told the truth about me, as my servant Job did.”
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 →