Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 8:24
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Acts8:24
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.
Simon Magus was convinced, that he was indeed such as the Apostles had spake him to be; and knowing them to be powerful with God, he desires this of them.
He feigns himself to be a true penitent, being terrified with the threatning of St. Peter, ver. 20. and probably, fearing the punishment of Ananias and Sapphira might befall him; which 'tis likely he had heard of.
Marginal references: Numb. 21.7.
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