Acts 8 · Verse 24

Acts 8:24

Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

Acts 8:24, King James Version

Acts 8:24 in other translations

BSB	Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
WEB	Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
ASV	And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.
YLT	And Simon answering, said, ‘Beseech ye for me unto the Lord, that nothing may come upon me of the things ye have spoken.'
DARBY	And Simon answering said, Supplicate ye for me to the Lord, so that nothing may come upon me of the things of which ye have spoken.
BBE	And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.
Webster	Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

What does Acts 8:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 8:18-24

18-24. offered them money--Hence the term simony, to denote trafficking in sacred things, but chiefly the purchase of ecclesiastical offices.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 24. Pray ye, etc. Here remark,

(1.) that Simon was directed to pray for himself, Acts 8:22, but he had no disposition to do that. 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; and he sought to avoid future punishment; but he had no alarm about his sins. So it is often with sinners. So it was with Pharaoh, Ex 8:28,32 and with Jeroboam, 1Kgs 13:6. And so sinners often quiet their own consciences by asking ministers and Christian friends to pray for them, while they still purpose to persevere in iniquity. If men expect to be saved, they must pray for themselves; and pray, not chiefly to be freed from punishment, but from the sin which deserves hell. This is all that we hear of Simon in the New Testament; and the probability is, that, like many other sinners, he did not pray for himself, but continued to live in the gall of bitterness, and died in the bond of iniquity. The testimony of antiquity is decided on that point. Acts 8:9.

(c) "Pray ye" Ex 8:8, Nu 21:7, 1Kgs 13:6, Job 42:8, Jas 5:16

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 24 Pray ye to the Lord for me - The words of Peter certainly made a deep impression on Simon's mind; and he must have had a high opinion of the apostle's sanctity and influence with God, when he thus commended himself to their prayers. And we may hope well of his repentance and salvation, if the reading of the Codex Bezae, and the margin of the later Syriac may be relied on: Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none (τουτων των κακων) Of All Those Evils which ye have spoken (μοι) To Me, may come upon me: (ὁς πολλα κλαιων ου διελιμπανεν) Who Wept Greatly, and Did Not Cease. That is, he was an incessant penitent. However favourably this or any other MS. may speak of Simon, he is generally supposed to have "grown worse and worse, opposing the apostles and the Christian doctrine, and deceiving many cities and provinces by magical operations; till being at Rome, in the reign of the Emperor Claudius, he boasted that he could fly, and when exhibiting before the emperor and the senate, St. Peter and St. Paul being present, who knew that his flying was occasioned by magic, prayed to God that the people might be undeceived, and that his power might fail; in consequence of which he came tumbling down, and died soon after of his bruises." This account comes in a most questionable shape, and has no evidence which can challenge our assent. To me, it and the rest of the things spoken of Simon the sorcerer appear utterly unworthy of credit. Calmet makes a general collection of what is to be found in Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian; Eusebius, Theodoret, Augustine, and others, on the subject of Simon Magus; and to him, if the reader think it worth the pains, he may refer. The substance of these accounts is given above, and in the note on Act 8:9; and to say the least of them they are all very dubious. The tale of his having an altar erected to him at Rome, with the inscription, Simoni sancto deo, "To the holy god Simon," has been founded on an utter mistake, and has been long ago sufficiently confuted. See the inscriptions in Gruter, vol. i. p. 96, inscript. No. 5, 6, 7.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 8:14-25

The Holy Ghost was as yet fallen upon none of these coverts, in the extraordinary powers conveyed by the descent of the Spirit upon the day of Pentecost. We may take encouragement from this example, in praying to God to give the renewing graces of the Holy Ghost to all for whose spiritual welfare we are concerned; for that includes all blessings. No man can give the Holy Spirit by the laying on of his hands; but we…

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Acts 8:24 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisAnsweringG611

δὲdenowG1161

ὁho<the>G3588

ΣίμωνSimōnSimonG4613

εἶπεν·eipensaid;G2036

δεήθητεdeēthētedo pray earnestlyG1189

ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771

ὑπὲρhuperon behalfG5228

ἐμοῦemouof meG1473

πρὸςprostoG4314

τὸνtontheG3588

κύριον,kurionLord,G2962

ὅπωςhopōsso thatG3704

μηδὲνmēdennothingG3367

ἐπέλθῃepelthēmay comeG1904

ἐπ᾽ep᾽uponG1909

ἐμὲememe myselfG1473

ὧνhōnof whichG3739

εἰρήκατε.eirēkateyou have spoken.G2046

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 8:24

Exodus 8:8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.
Numbers 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
Job 42:8
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Genesis 20:7
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Exodus 12:32
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
Exodus 10:17
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
1 Kings 13:6
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Ezra 6:10
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
1 Samuel 12:23
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Genesis 20:17
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Pray.
Ge 20:7,17; Ex 8:8; 10:17; 12:32; Nu 21:7; 1Sa 12:19,23; 1Ki 13:6
Ezr 6:10; 8:23; Job 42:8; Jas 5:16

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Context

Acts 8:23
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Acts 8:24
Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Acts 8:25
And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

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Acts 8:24 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Respondiendo entonces Simón, dijo: Rogad vosotros por mí al Señor, que ninguna cosa de estas que habéis dicho, venga sobre mí.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Simon, répondant, dit: Vous, suppliez le Seigneur pour moi, en sorte que rien ne vienne sur moi de ce dont vous avez parlé.
German Elberfelder 1871	Simon aber antwortete und sprach: Bittet ihr für mich den Herrn, damit nichts über mich komme von dem, was ihr gesagt habt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Respondens autem Simon, dixit: Precamini vos pro me ad Dominum, ut nihil veniat super me horum quæ dixistis.