Acts 8:24

In response Simon said, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said will happen to me.”

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In The King James Version

Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

In Context

23For I see that yoʋ are bitterly envious and in bondage to unrighteousness.”

25After Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the good news in many villages of the Samaritans as they went.

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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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