Acts 8:23
For I see that thou art in the gall of bitternes, and in the bonde of iniquitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:18That there should not be among you man nor woman, nor familie, nor tribe, which should turne his heart away this day from the Lord our God, to goe and serue the gods of these nations, and that there shoulde not be among you any roote that bringeth forth gall and wormewood,
Job 20:14Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.
Proverbs 5:22His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fasting, that I haue chosen, to loose the bandes of wickednes, to take off the heauie burdens, and to let the oppressed goe free, and that ye breake euery yoke?
Jeremiah 9:15Therefore thus sayth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feede this people with wormewood, and giue them waters of gall to drinke:
Lamentations 3:19Remembring mine affliction, and my mourning, the wormewood and the gall.
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 →