Acts 8:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 8:24-25

The impostor unmasked. I. THE MISSION OF PETER AND JOHN . Samaria —there is an emphasis on this word—had received the Word of God. There was something significant in this conversion. The gospel was already proving itself a power to reconcile and break down distinctions long rooted and deeply felt. So important an occasion called for the services of the two leading apostles, Peter and John. These go down and pray for the new converts, that they may receive the Holy Ghost.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 8:24

Pray ye ... - Here remark:(1) That Simon was directed to pray for himself Acts 8:22, but he had no disposition to do it, but was willing to ask others to do it for him. Sinners will often ask others to pray for them, when they are too proud, or too much in love with sin, to pray for themselves.(2) The main thing that Peter wished to impress on him was a sense of his sin. Simon did not regard this, but looked only to the punishment. He was terrified and alarmed; he sought to avoid future... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 8:24

Acts 8:24. Then answered Simon Alarmed by the solemn admonition given him; and said To the apostles; Pray ye to the Lord for me If you indeed conceive my case to be so bad, extend your charity so far as to make your supplications to the Lord on my account; that none of these things, which ye have spoken, come upon me He probably inferred, from what Peter had said, that some token of God’s wrath would soon fall upon him, which he thus dreaded and deprecated. But there is reason to fear... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 8:4-25

8:4-9:31 THROUGHOUT PALESTINE AND BEYONDChristianity enters Samaria (8:4-25)In the time of the Roman Empire, the region of Samaria was the central part of Palestine and along with the neighbouring region of Judea was governed from Caesarea. The origins of the Samaritans go back to Old Testament times, when Samaria was the name of the chief city of the region.After Assyria had conquered the central and northern parts of Israel and taken the people into captivity (722 BC), it moved people from... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 8:24

answered, &c. App-122 . to. Greek. pros. none = not one. Greek. medeis. upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . From this incident comes the term "simony" for traffic in sacred things. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 8:24

Acts 8:24. Pray ye to the Lord for me,— It is greatly to be feared, that this pretence of conviction and humiliation was only to prevent Peter and John from disgracing him among the body ofChristians; for it is reasonable to suppose this conversation passed in private between them; and perhaps Simon might have some hope that if the secret were kept, he might reduce the people, when the apostles were gone, to their former subjection to him, notwithstanding their conversion to Christianity. The... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 8:24

24. Pray ye to the Lord for me—Peter had urged him to pray for himself: he asks those wonder-working men to do it for him; having no confidence in the prayer of faith, but thinking that those men possessed some peculiar interest with heaven. that none of these things dome upon me—not that the thought of his wicked heart might be forgiven him, but only that the evils threatened might be averted from him. While this throws great light on Peter's view of his melancholy case, it shows that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 8:1-25

1. The evangelization of Samaria 8:1-25The first part of Philip’s important witness took place in Samaria. Luke recorded the cause of Philip’s ministry there (Acts 8:1-3), its nature (Acts 8:4-8), and its effects (Acts 8:9-24). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 8:14-24

Compromise in the Samaritan church 8:14-24 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 8:24

Peter’s rebuke terrified Simon. A man with the spiritual power Simon had seen Peter demonstrate was no one to antagonize. Probably Simon’s request for prayer that God would be merciful to him was sincere.Many interpreters believe that Simon was not a genuine believer, but he may have been. True Christians can do and have done everything that Simon said and did. His background, fresh out of demonism, makes his conduct easier to understand. I see him as another Ananias except that Ananias knew... read more

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