Acts 8:21

μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος, cf. Deuteronomy 12:2; Deuteronomy 14:27; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 18:1; Isaiah 57:6, and instances in Wetstein, see on Acts 1:17. λόγῳ τούτῳ : both A. and R.V. “in this matter,” i.e., in the power of communicating the Holy Spirit, but Grotius, Neander, Hackett, Blass, Rendall and others refer it to the Gospel, i.e., the word of God which the Apostles preached, and in the blessings of which the Apostles had a share. λόγος is frequently used in classical Greek of that de quo agitur (see instances in Wendt). Grimm, sub v., compares the use of the noun in classical Greek, like ῥῆμα, the thing spoken of, the subject or matter of the λόγος, Herod., i., 21, etc. ἡ γὰρ καρδία … εὐθεῖα, cf. LXX, Psalms 7:10; Psalms 10:3; Psalms 35:10; Psalms 72:1, Psalms 77:37, etc., where the adjective is used, as often in classical Greek, of moral uprightness (cf. εὐθύτης in LXX, and Psalms of Solomon, Acts 2:15, ἐν εὐθύτητι καρδίας), so also in Acts 13:10, where the word is used by St. Paul on a similar occasion in rebuking Elymas; only found once in the Epistles, where it is again used by St. Peter, 2 Peter 2:15.