Acts 8:23

For I see that you are bitterly envious ¹  and in bondage to sin.”

biblegateway Act 8:23

For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin."

biblegateway Act 8:23

"For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."

biblegateway Act 8:23

for I can see that you are full of bitterness and held captive by sin."

biblegateway Act 8:23

I can see this is an old habit with you; you reek with money-lust."

SABDAweb Act 8:23

For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.

bibleoremus Act 8:23

For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and the chains of wickedness."

biblegateway Act 8:23

"For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity."

biblegateway Act 8:23

For I see that you are bitterly envious ¹  and in bondage to sin.”

¹ tn Grk “in the gall of bitterness,” an idiom meaning to be particularly envious or resentful of someone. In this case Simon was jealous of the apostles’ power to bestow the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands, and wanted that power for himself. The literal phrase does not convey this to the modern reader, and in fact some modern translations have simply rendered the phrase as involving bitterness, which misses the point of the envy on Simon’s part. See L&N 88.166. The OT images come from Deut 29:17-18 and Isa 58:6.