Acts 8:22

Acts 8:22

20 But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because ^ayou thought that ^bthe gift of God could be purchased with money!

21 You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your ^aheart is not right in the sight of God.

22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God ^aif perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

23 For I see that you are ^apoisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

24 Then Simon answered and said, ^a“Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.”

25 So when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

Christ Is Preached to an Ethiopian

26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to ^aPhilip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Wickedness (kakiav). Only here in Luke's writings, though old word and in LXX (cf. I Peter 2:1, I Peter 2:16).

If perhaps (ei ara). Si forte. This idiom, though with the future indicative and so a condition of the first class (determined as fulfilled), yet minimizes the chance of forgiveness as in Mark 11:13. Peter may have thought that his sin was close to the unpardonable sin (Matthew 12:31), but he does not close the door of hope.

The thought (h epinoia). Old Greek word from epinoew, to think upon, and so purpose. Only here in the N.T.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 8:22:**

Mark 11:13
Acts 8:20
Revelation 2:21

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