Hechos 8:23

23 Porque en hiel de amargura y en prisión de maldad veo que estás.

Hechos 8:23 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:23

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness,
&c.] Alluding to ( Deuteronomy 29:18 ) ( 32:32 ) with which compare ( Hebrews 12:15 ) and signifying, that he was in a state of nature and unregeneracy; under the power and dominion of covetousness, ambition, and hypocrisy; and in a way pernicious to himself, infectious to others, and ungrateful to God, and to good men; and that instead of the root of the matter, the truth of grace being in him, there was nothing in him but the bitter root of sin; which bore gall and wormwood, and everything that was nauseous and disagreeable:

and in the bond of iniquity;
referring to ( Proverbs 5:22 ) ( Isaiah 58:6 ) and suggesting, that he was held fast bound in the bonds of sin, and with the cords of iniquity, or was entirely under the government of his lusts: the preposition (eiv) , which we render "in", may retain here, as is by some observed, its proper sense of "for", or "into"; and have the same signification it has in ( Hebrews 1:5 ) "I will be to him for a father", or "a father", and "he shall be to me for a son", or "a son": and then the sense of Peter is, I plainly perceive and clearly see by thy words and actions, that thou art nothing else but a lump of bitter gall, and a bundle of sin and wickedness.

Hechos 8:23 In-Context

21 No tienes tú parte ni suerte en este negocio; porque tu corazón no es recto delante de Dios.

22 Arrepiéntete pues de ésta tu maldad, y ruega a Dios, si quizás te será perdonado este pensamiento de tu corazón.

23 Porque en hiel de amargura y en prisión de maldad veo que estás.

24 Respondiendo entonces Simón, dijo: Rogad vosotros por mí al Señor, que ninguna cosa de éstas que habéis dicho, venga sobre mí.

25 Y ellos, habiendo testificado y hablado la Palabra de Dios, se volvieron a Jerusalén, y en muchas tierras de los samaritanos anunciaron el Evangelio.