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The Heart's True State
Commentators unanimously agree that Peter's rebuke goes beyond Simon's single action to the core issue: the state of his heart. God, who cannot be deceived, saw that Simon's motives were not pure but driven by pride and greed. Scholars stress that our outward religious acts are meaningless if our inner affections and intentions are not 'right in the sight of God.' This serves as a call to self-examination, ensuring our faith is sincere from the inside out.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 8:21
18th Century
Theologian
Neither part. You have no portion of the grace of God; that is, you are destitute of it altogether. This word commonly denotes th…
AT Robertson
On Acts 8:21
Lot (κληρος). Same idea as "part" (μερις), only as a figure.
Matter (λογο). Literally, word or subject ([R…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 8:21
19th Century
Bishop
Neither part nor lot.—A like, though not an identical, combination of the two words meets us in Colossians 1:12. On the l…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 8:18–26
19th Century
Preacher
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this pow…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 8:21
Simon’s response to the presence of God’s Spirit and the evidences of God’s power is one of those tragic stories that accompany every advance of th…
John Calvin
On Acts 8:21
16th Century
Theologian
You have no part. Some interpret this sentence differently, that Simon is not a partaker of grace because he sets a price on it. But the o…
John Gill
On Acts 8:21
17th Century
Pastor
You have neither part nor lot in this matter
Or business of the gift of the Holy Ghost; signifying, that as he has n…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 8:14–25
17th Century
Minister
The Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of these converts with the extraordinary powers conveyed by the Spirit's descent on the day of Pentecos…