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Acts 8:22 KJV
Acts · chapter 8 · verse 22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.Acts 8:22 · King James Version
Acts 8:22 in context
20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednesskakiamalignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure, wickedness, depravity, wickedness that is…G2549 →
- forgivenaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
- perhapsaratherefore, so then, whereforeG686 →
- thoughtepinoiathought, purposeG1963 →
- Repentmetanoeōto change one's mindG3340 →
- thinesouthy, theeG4675 →
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God had wonderfully owned Philip in his work as an evangelist at Samaria, but he could do no more than an evangelist; there were some peculiar powers reserved to the apostles, for the keeping up of the dignity of their office, and here we have an account of what was done by two of them there - Peter and John.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-25