Acts 8:24

24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

Acts 8:24 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
24 And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."
NLT
24 “Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon exclaimed, “that these terrible things you’ve said won’t happen to me!”
MSG
24 "Oh!" said Simon, "pray for me! Pray to the Master that nothing like that will ever happen to me!"
CSB
24 "Please pray to the Lord for me," Simon replied, "so that nothing you have said may happen to me."

Acts 8:24 In-Context

22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.
23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.
26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. Exodus 8:8; Numbers 21:7; 1 Kings 13:6; Jeremiah 42:2
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