Acts 8:22
Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, so that he might perhaps forgive you for the intention of your heart.
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In Context
21You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right with God.
23For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bonds of sin.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
2 Chronicles 33:12When Manasseh was in distress, he implored Yahweh, his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
Daniel 4:27Therefore, king, let my advice be acceptable to you. Stop sinning and do what is right. Turn away from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, and it may be that your prosperity will be extended.”
Amos 5:6Seek Yahweh and live, 1 or he will break out like fire 1 in the house of Joseph. 1 It will devour, 1 and there will be no one to quench it in Bethel. 1
Jonah 1:6So the captain came to him and said to him, “What are you doing sleeping? Get up! Call upon your god! Maybe your god will notice us and we will not perish.”
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you 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 →