Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Repent . . . pray . . . if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven—this expression of doubt being designed to impress upon him the greatness of his sin, and the need of alarm on his part.
offered them money—Hence the term simony, to denote trafficking in sacred things, but chiefly the purchase of ecclesiastical offices.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 8:22:
Daniel 4:27
Amos 5:15
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