George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Acts 8:23
In the gall of bitterness. In the bitter gall of hypocrisy, in the bonds, fetters, and chains of sin and iniquity. (Witham)
In the gall of bitterness. In the bitter gall of hypocrisy, in the bonds, fetters, and chains of sin and iniquity. (Witham)
Verse Acts 8:23. _THE GALL OF BITTERNESS_] A Hebraism for _excessive_ _bitterness_: gall, wormwood, and such like, were used to express the dreadful effects of _sin_ in the soul; the bitter _repentan...
FOR I PERCEIVE - That is, by the act which he had done. His offer had shown a state of mind that was wholly inconsistent with true religion. One single sin “may” as certainly show that there is no tru...
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
PETER AND SIMON. No more is heard of Philip at Samaria; the Jerusalem apostles appear, represented by Peter and John, who have got over the prohibition of Matthew 10:5. The baptism of Philip appears t...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they despatched Peter and John to them. They came down and prayed for them, so that they might receive the Holy Spirit,...
PERCEIVE. see. Greek. _horao._ App-133. GALL. Greek. _chole._ Only here and Matthew 27:34. Compare Deuteronomy 29:18. BITTERNESS. Greek. _pikria._ Here, Romans 3:14.
_For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity_ The preposition _in_makes a great difficulty in this verse. The word in the original means _into_or _for_. The con...
ΕἸΣ ΓᾺΡ ΧΟΛῊΝ ΠΙΚΡΊΑΣ. The preposition εἰς = _into_ is not easy to explain here. Some have thought that εἰς, like ἐν, is used as representing בְּ. By others the construction has been compared with tha...
PETER AND JOHN SENT DOWN TO SAMARIA. CONDUCT OF SIMON MAGUS...
_THE CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITANS ACTS 8:5-25:_ Philip went to Samaria and preached Christ and the gospel of His kingdom. (Acts 8:12) Signs and wonders confirmed the message Philip preached. As the go...
ΧΟΛΉ (G5521) желчь, горькая ярость, горькая отрава, ΠΙΚΡΊΑ горечь, ΣΎΝΔΕΣΜΟΣ (G4886) оковы. Возможно, это значит: "Ты полон горькой отравы, ты опутан цепями неправедности" (Barrett), ΌΡ _praes. ind...
DISCOURSE: 1759 THE STATE OF UNGODLY MEN Acts 8:23. _I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity_. IT is no real disparagement to the Gospel of Christ, if some hyp...
IN THE GALL OF BITTERNESS,— That is, _the bitterest gall._ The whole sentence expresses, in St. Peter's strong manner of speaking, how odious and wretched a creature Simon now appeared to him. How muc...
C. THE WORK OF PETER AND JOHN. Acts 8:14-25. I. AT JERUSALEM. Acts 8:14 Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them...
See notes on verse 20...
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. FOR I PERCEIVE THAT THOU ART IN THE GALL OF BITTERNESS - literally 'into' it [ eis (G1519)] as if steeped in it...
4 We now enter the second cycle of the kingdom testimony. Jerusalem and Judea have not heeded its proclamation. It is now offered to Samaria, then it will go to the limits of the earth, and even to th...
8:23 unrighteousness. (b-15) Or 'iniquity,' as ch. 1.18....
PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
IN THE GALL OF BITTERNESS, AND IN THE BOND OF INIQUITY. — On “gall,” in its literal sense, see Note on Matthew 27:34. This is the only passage in the New Testament in which it is used figuratively. “B...
εἰς γὰρ χολὴν : The passages in LXX generally referred to as containing somewhat similar phraseology are Deuteronomy 29:18; Deuteronomy 32:32; Lamentations 3:15. But the word χολή is found in LXX seve...
CONFIRMING NEW BELIEVERS Acts 8:14-25 Simon attracted people to _himself;_ he posed as a man of power and mystery. The gospel fixes our thoughts exclusively upon _Jesus._ We preach Him as Lord, and o...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
Simon's Sin When the apostles heard of the events in Samaria, they sent Peter and John to the city. Theophilus may well have remembered that John and his brother, James, had asked the Lord if they sho...
For I perceive that thou art in the (g) gall of bitterness, and [in] the (h) bond of iniquity. (g) He calls the inward malice of the heart and the venomous and demonic wickedness with which the magic...
_“For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity.”_ This verse shows clearly that Simon had never been saved from inbred sin abiding in his heart after regeneration, a...
EVANGELIZATION OF SAMARIA 5-25. Philip, a bright, uncultured layman, sanctified in the Pentecostal revival, _“filled with the Spirit and wisdom,”_ rendering him eligible to the office of deacon, was t...
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: (10) To whom they all gave h...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
23._In the gall of bitterness. _Peter doth sharply reprove Simon again, and striketh him with God’s judgment. For unless he had been compelled to descend into himself, he would never have been turned...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
FOR I PERCEIVE THAT THOU ART IN THE GALL OF BITTERNESS,.... Alluding to Deuteronomy 29:18 with which compare Hebrews 12:15 and signifying, that he was in a state of nature and unregeneracy; under the...
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and _in_ the bond of iniquity. Ver. 23. _Thou art in the gall, &c._] The apostle alludeth to Deuteronomy 29:18. Sin is a bitter potion, a deadl...
_Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness_ Be humbled and ashamed for what thou hast thought, said, and done; own thyself guilty in this matter, and be sorry for it; condemn thy way, and amend it; an...
THE GALL OF BITTERNESS-THE BOND OF INIQUITY; in the most loathsome bondage to sin. Men whose great object is self-exaltation have very erroneous views of the nature of true religion, and of the charac...
The blasphemous demand of Simon:...
FOR I PERCEIVE THAT THOU ART IN THE GALL OF BITTERNESS AND IN THE BOND OF INIQUITY....
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
FOR I SEE THAT YOU ARE POISONED BY BITTERNESS AND BOUND BY INIQUITY. " 1. What he had done was called "wicked" by Peter. 2. His heart was not right with God - AND 1. He was poisoned by bitterness...
For. see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity. 'I SEE'-Even non-miraculous insight could tell that Simon's motives weren't pure. (Matthew 15:18 'But the things that pro...
14-25 The Holy Ghost was as yet fallen upon none of these coverts, in the extraordinary powers conveyed by the descent of the Spirit upon the day of Pentecost. We may take encouragement from this exa...
THE GALL OF BITTERNESS; the same with _gall and wormwood,_ DEUTERONOMY 29:18: or gall and bitterness; signifying a very bad constitution and disposition of soul or mind, such as may be compared unto t...
Acts 8:23 For G1063 see G3708 (G5719) you G4571 are G5607 (G5752) poisoned G1519 G5521 bitterness...
“Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of your heart shall be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”...
Acts 8:23. FOR I PERCEIVE THAT THOU ART IN THE GALL OF BITTERNESS, AND IN THE BOND OF INIQUITY. St. Peter here gives the reason why he doubts the possibility of forgiveness. It was not that he conceiv...
THAT THOU ART (σε οντα). Participle in indirect discourse after ορω (I see).IN THE GALL OF BITTERNESS (εις χολην πικριας). Old word from χολας either from χεω, to pour, or χλοη, yellowish green, b...
Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
MAY YOU AND YOUR MONEY GO TO HELL. This is a _literal_ translation. _Johnson_ thinks this is not an _anathema_ [God's curse], but the word is APOLEIAN, which is translated "destined to hell" in 2 Thes...
_But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee._ THE IMPOTENCE OF MONEY I do not know that the age in which Simon lived was especially a commercial age; but whatever may have been its distincti...
_Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John._ THE FIRST CHURCH VISITATION I. The occasion. There is-- 1. Chris...
_But there was a certain man called Simon _ SIMON THE MAGIAN UNMASKED AND PUT TO SHAME This Simon was the first heretic in the Christian Church, the first to claim its fellowship while out of sympat...
EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
2 Peter 2:19; 2 Peter 2:4; Deuteronomy 29:18; Deuteronomy 32:32;...
In the gall [ε ι ς χ ο λ η ν]. Lit., into. Thou hast fallen into and continuest in. Gall, only here and Matthew 27:34. Gall of bitterness is bitter enmity against the Gospel. Bond of iniquity [σ υ ν δ...
PHILIP THE EVANGELIST Acts 8:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Philip was a man mighty in word and in deed. He wrought miracles and preached Christ, The people may have talked and marveled at the many palsied a...