Acts 8:22

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness,.... Alluding to Deu 29:18 with which compare Heb 12:15 and signifying, that he was in a state of nature and unregeneracy; under the power and…

Repent, therefore - Here we may remark: That Simon was at this time an unconverted sinner.

(2)That the command was given to him “as such.” (3)That he was required to “do the thing”; not to wait or…

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness - St. Peter did not suppose his case to be utterly hopeless; though his sin, considered in its motives and objects, was of the most heinous kind.

If perhaps the…

God had wonderfully owned Philip in his work as an evangelist at Samaria, but he could do no more than an evangelist; there were some peculiar powers reserved to the apostles, for the keeping up of…

Repent therefore, &c. On this condition not only could the stern wish of Peter be averted, but the anger of God also. We see therefore that the words of the Apostle in Act 8:8 must have been coupled…