Acts 8:23
For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bonds of sin.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
In Context
24Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:18Make sure there is not among you any man, woman, clan, or tribe whose heart is turning away today from Yahweh our God, so as to go worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is not among you any root that produces gall and wormwood.
Job 20:14the food in his intestines turns bitter; 1 it becomes the poison of asps inside him. 1
Proverbs 5:22A wicked person will be seized by his own iniquities; 1 the cords of his sin will hold him tight. 1
Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I choose: 1 To release wicked bonds, to undo the ropes of the yoke, 1 to set the crushed ones free, and to break every yoke? 1
Jeremiah 9:15Therefore Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this, 'See, I am about to make this people eat wormwood and drink poisonous water.
Lamentations 3:19Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and bitterness. 1
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 →