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Gevurot 8:23-25
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Gevurot 8:23-25
Orthodox Jewish Bible
23 "For I see you are in bitter gall and the bond of haresha." [Dt 29:18 TARGUM HASHIVIM; Jer 4:18; Isa 58:6]
24 And in reply Shimon said, "Daven for me to Hashem that nothing may come upon me of which you have spoken." [SHEMOT 8:8; BAMIDBAR 21:7; MELACHIM ALEF 13:6; YIRMEYAH 42:2]
25 The ones then having testified and spoken the dvar Adonoi were returning to Yerushalayim and to many villages of the Shomronim preaching the Besuras HaGeulah.
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Acts 8:23-25
New International Version
Acts 8:23-25
New International Version
23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(A) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(B) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(C)
Acts 8:23-25
King James Version
Acts 8:23-25
King James Version
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
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.
25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
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Acts 8:23-25
New King James Version
Acts 8:23-25
New King James Version
23 For I see that you are (A)poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”
24 Then Simon answered and said, (B)“Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.”
25 So when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
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Acts 8:23-25
English Standard Version
Acts 8:23-25
English Standard Version
23 For I see that you are in (A)the gall[a] of bitterness and in (B)the bond of iniquity.” 24 And Simon answered, (C)“Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
25 Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, (D)preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
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- Acts 8:23 That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile
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