Acts 8:23
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."
New Heart English 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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:18lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
Job 20:14yet his food in his bowels is turned.It is cobra venom within him.
Proverbs 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Isaiah 58:6"Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
Jeremiah 9:15therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Lamentations 3:19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood 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 →