Acts 8:23

I can see that you are jealous, and that you want to do bad things, and that those bad things are controlling you.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

In Context

22Stop thinking in that really bad way. Turn around and think God’s way. Pray to him and ask him not to punish you for thinking like that.

24Then Simon said to Peter, “Pray to God for me so that he will not punish me, and those bad things you said will not happen to me.”

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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 →

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