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Acts 8:24 — King James Version← Study notes

Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.


Acts 8:24Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 8:2419 words
GreekMeaning
ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
AnsweringverbG611
δὲde
nowwordG1161
ho
thearticleG3588
ΣίμωνSimōn
SimonnounG4613
εἶπενeipen
saidverbG3004
ΔεήθητεDeēthēte
do pray earnestlyverbG1210
ὑμεῖςhymeis
you yourselvespronounG4771
ὑπὲρhyper
on behalfprepositionG5228
ἐμοῦemou
of mepronounG1473
πρὸςpros
toprepositionG4314
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
κύριονkyrion
LordnounG2962
ὅπωςhopōs
so thatwordG3704
μηδὲνmēden
nothingadjectiveG3367
ἐπέλθῃepelthē
may comeverbG1904
ἐπ’ep’
uponprepositionG1909
ἐμὲeme
me myselfpronounG1473
ὧνhōn
of whichrelative pronounG3739
εἰρήκατεeirēkate
you have spokenverbG3004
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 8:24

For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. Acts 8:23 Words of exceeding wrath! But otherwise he did not punish him: that faith may not thereafter be of compulsion; that the matter may not seem to be carried ruthlessly; that he may introduce the subject of repentance: or also, because it suffices for correction to have convicted him, to have told him what was in his heart, to have brought him to confess himself overcome (ὅ τι ἐ&…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 18 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Elena PetrovaNote3mo ago
The Prayer of the Desperate Believer
Simon asked the apostles to pray for him. 'Pray that nothing you have said comes upon me.' That's repentance, I think, even if it's incomplete. He sees the danger. He feels his own corruption. And ins...
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