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22 Therefore repent from this evilness of yours, and pray to the Lord, if perhaps[a] the intention of your heart will be forgiven you. 23 For I see you being in the gall[b] of [c] bitterness and the bond[d] of [e] unrighteousness”. 24 And having responded, Simon said, “You[f] two pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing of the things which you have spoken may come upon me”.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:22 That is, in the hope that. Peter expresses some uncertainty about whether this will happen, for which he gives his reason in v 23, on which compare Deut 29:18-19.
  2. Acts 8:23 Or, poison, venom.
  3. Acts 8:23 That is, characterized by; a bitter gall, a bitter poison.
  4. Acts 8:23 That is, binding, fetter, chain.
  5. Acts 8:23 That is, proceeding from or belonging to.
  6. Acts 8:24 This word is plural, referring to Peter and John.

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