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Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken come on me."
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Fear of Punishment vs. Repentance
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that Simon's plea is driven by terror, not true repentance. He asks Peter to pray that the consequences of his sin won't happen, but shows no sorrow for the sin itself or a desire to change his heart. Scholars see this as a classic example of someone wanting to escape punishment without wanting to leave their sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Pray ye, etc. Here we remark:
Pray ye for me (Δεηθητε υμεις υπερ εμου). Emphasis on υμεις (you). First aorist passive imperative. Simon is thoroughly frightened…
19th Century
Anglican
Pray ye to the Lord for me.—There is something eminently characteristic in the sorcerer’s words.
His cons…
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Simon answered. From this we gather that he did not take Peter's threat in such a way, but rather considered that his salvation was being …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then answered Simon, and said Whose conscience might be touched, and smote with what Peter had said; and he might be…
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…
