Acts 8:9-40 NIV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:20

(20) Thy money perish with thee.—Literally, Thy money be together with thee, for perdition. The same word is used as in the “son of perdition” in John 17:12 and in Hebrews 10:39. The prominence of the word in 2 Peter 2:1-3; 2 Peter 3:7; 2 Peter 3:16, is interesting in connection with the question as to the authorship of that Epistle. Another coincidence presents itself in the “gold that perisheth” of 1 Peter 1:7.Because thou hast thought . . . .—Better, because thou thoughtest. The speaker... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:21

(21) 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 secondary sense. Simon had no inheritance in the spiritual gifts nor in the spiritual offices of the Church. The power attached to the apostleship was not a thing for traffic.Thy heart is not right in the sight of God.—“Straight” or “right” is used, as in Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, for... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:22

(22) Repent therefore of this thy wickedness.—The stern words of condemnation are, we see, meant to heal, not to slay. Rightly understood, the call to repent in such a case as this, opens the door of hope as wide as the history of the penitent thief. Repentance, and with repentance, forgiveness, were possible, even for the charlatan adventurer who had traded on the credulous superstition of the people, and claimed something like adoration for himself and his mistress.Pray God, if perhaps the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:23

(23) In the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.—On “gall,” in its literal sense, see Note on Matthew 27:34. This is the only passage in the New Testament in which it is used figuratively. “Bitterness” meets us, as expressing extreme moral depravity, in Romans 3:14, Ephesians 4:31, Hebrews 12:15. The latter phrase implies that the iniquity of Simon bound him as with the iron chains of a habit from which he could not free himself. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:24

(24) Pray ye to the Lord for me.—There is something eminently characteristic in the sorcerer’s words. (1) His conscience reads “between the lines” of St. Peter’s address what was not actually found there. That “if perhaps” is to him as the knell of doom. (2) He prays not for deliverance from “the bond of iniquity,” but only from the vague terror of a future penalty. (3) He turns, not, as Peter had bidden him, to the Lord who was ready to forgive, but to a human mediator. Peter must pray for him... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:25

(25) And they, when they had testified . . .—The statement involves a stay of some duration, long enough to found and organise a community of disciples. And this was followed, not by an immediate return to Jerusalem, but, as the Greek tense shows, by one with many halts, at each of which the glad tidings of “the word of the Lord” were proclaimed, and a Church founded. Did the Apostles enter on this journey into the village on which one of them had sought to call down fire from heaven (Luke... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:26

(26) And the angel of the Lord . . .—Better, an angel. The tense of the verbs in the preceding verse, in the better MSS., implies that the events that follow synchronised with the journey of Peter and John through Samaria. The journey which Philip was commanded to take led him by a quicker route across country into the main road from Jerusalem to Gaza. The history of the city so named (appearing at times in the English version—Deuteronomy 2:23; 1 Kings 4:24; Jeremiah 25:20—as Azzah) goes even... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:27

(27) A man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority.—Literally, a eunuch, a potentate. The Ethiopia from which the traveller came was the region so named by the geographers of St. Luke’s time in the upper valley of the Nile. Its connection with the Jewish people presents many points of interest. There seems reason to believe that in the time of Manasseh, who (according to the statement in the narrative of Aristeas as to the LXX. translation) formed an alliance with Psammetichus king of Egypt,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:28

(28) Sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.—After the manner of most Eastern nations, to whom silent reading is almost unknown, the eunuch was reading aloud. Philip heard him, and so gained an opening for conversation. Was the roll of Isaiah a new-found treasure? Had he bought the MS. in Jerusalem, and was he reading the wonderful utterances for the first time? The whole narrative implies that he was reading the LXX. version. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:29

(29) Join thyself to this chariot.—The act implied is that of laying hold and, as it were, attaching himself to the chariot in which the eunuch rode. read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:26

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:28

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 8:29

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