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Acts 8:21
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the eight of God.
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the eight of God.
Verse Acts 8:21. _THOU HAST NEITHER PART NOR LOT IN THIS MATTER_] Thou hast no part among the _faithful_, and no _lot in this ministry_. That the word κληρος, which we translate _lot_, is to be unders...
NEITHER PART - You have no “portion” of the grace of God; that is, you are destitute of it altogether. This word commonly denotes the “part” of an inheritance which falls to one when it is divided. NO...
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,...
NEITHER. not. Greek. _ou._ LOT. Greek. _kleros._ Compare Acts 1:17; Acts 1:25; Acts 1:26. MATTER. reckoning, or account. Greek. _logos._ App-121. NOT. Greek. _ou,_ as above. in the sigh
_Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter_(or _word_)] By the word "lot" the thought is carried back to the election of Matthias (Acts 1:26). In that case the choice had been left to the "Lord wh...
ΜΕΡῚΣ ΟΥ̓ΔῈ ΚΛΗ͂ΡΟΣ. These two words are constantly found together in the LXX. of Deuteronomy where the Levites are spoken of, who had no inheritance or possession in the land of Canaan. Thus Deuteron...
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...
ΣΟΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΣΎ (G4771), _dat._ преймущества или _poss. dat._ ΜΕΡΊΣ (G3310) часть от целого, доля, порция (BAGD). ΚΛΉΡΟΣ (G2819) жребий, доля, наследство. Либо у него нет доли права на вручен...
THOU HAST NEITHER PART NOR LOT, &C.— "Assure yourself, that you have no claim to the least share or inheritance in the privileges and blessings of this dispensation of the Spirit, and in Christ and he...
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...
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. THOU HAST NEITHER PART NOR LOT IN THIS MATTER. It is a needless refinement of Bengel to distinguish be...
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...
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....
NEITHER PART NOR LOT. — A like, though not an identical, combination of the two words meets us in Colossians 1:12. On the latter, see Notes on Acts 1:17; Acts 1:25. It is, perhaps, used here in its se...
μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος, _cf._ Deuteronomy 12:2; Deuteronomy 14:27; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 18:1;...
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...
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this (e) matter: for thy heart is not (f) right in the sight of God. (e) In this doctrine which I preach. (f) Is not upright indeed and without the concealing of hy...
_Nor lot in this matter. Literally, in this saying. (Witham)_...
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...
21._Thou hast no part. _Some do frame this sentence otherwise, that Simon is not partaker of grace, because he setteth a price thereof. But the other reading which we have followed is more usual, to w...
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...
THOU HAST NEITHER PART NOR LOT IN THIS MATTER,.... Or business of the gift of the Holy Ghost; signifying, that as he had not the grace of the Spirit of God implanted in him, so he should not have any...
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Ver. 21. _Thou hast neither part nor lot_] _Neque pars, neque sors, _ no manner of interest in this fait...
Acts 8:20-22. "But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy h...
_But Peter said, Thy money perish with thee_ Not being able to conceal his indignation, upon hearing so infamous an offer. His words are not to be considered as an imprecation, but as a strong admonit...
IN THIS MATTER; in the blessings of the gospel, and the work in which Peter and John were engaged....
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...
YOU HAVE NEITHER PART NOR PORTION IN THIS MATTER, FOR YOUR HEART IS NOT RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. 1. Simon's heart is not right with God. Something better change. And quickly. 2. Peter uses differe...
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God. 'PART NOR LOT'-'You have no share or part' (TCNT) 'IN THIS MATTER'-Not in the matter of salvation, as previously...
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...
NEITHER PART NOR LOT IN THIS MATTER; no inheritance or share in such a thing as this, to wit, either in the receiving or conferring the Holy Ghost; or in that eternal life which we preach; thou hast n...
Tertullian On Idolatry If you did know it, you ought to have known this also, that you should have nothing more to do with that profession of yours which, of itself, fore-chants the climacterics of o...
Acts 8:21 You G4671 have G2076 (G5748) neither G3756 part G3310 nor G3761 portion G2819 in G1722 this...
‘But Peter said to him, “Your silver perish with you, because you have thought to obtain the gift of God with money. You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before Go...
Acts 8:21. THOU HAST NEITHER PART NOR LOT IN THIS MATTER. More accurately rendered ‘in this word' that is to say, one whose heart is given up, as is yours, to covetousness and greed of gain, has no sh...
LOT (κληρος). Same idea as "part" (μερις), only as a figure.MATTER (λογο). Literally, word or subject (as in Luke 1:4; Acts 15:6), the power of communicating the Holy Spirit. This use of λογος is...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:21 NEITHER PART NOR LOT is OT language for having no share in something (see Deuteronomy 14:27). This seems to indicate that Simon has now shown the c
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 Chronicles 25:2; Ezekiel 14:3; Habakkuk 2:4; Hebrews 4:13; John 21:1
Part nor lot. Lot expresses the same idea as part, but figuratively. Matter [λ ο γ ω]. The matter of which we are talking : the subject of discourse, as Luke 1:4; Acts 14:6. Right [ε υ θ ε ι α]. Lit....
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...
Thou hast neither part — By purchase, nor lot — Given gratis, in this matter — This gift of God. For thy heart is not right before God — Probably St. Peter discerned this long before he had declared i...