Acts 8:23
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For I see thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity.

the gall.

Deuteronomy 29:18-20 Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:32,33 Their vines are of the vineyard of Sodom, and of the suburbs of Gomorrha: their grapes are grapes of gall, and their clusters most bitter. . . .

Job 20:14 His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him,

Jeremiah 4:18 Thy ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.

Jeremiah 9:15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Lamentations 3:5,19 Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall, and labour. . . .

Hebrews 12:15 Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God: lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder and by it many be defiled:

the bond.

Psalm 116:16 O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

Proverbs 5:22 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Isaiah 28:22 And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.

John 8:34 Jesus answered them: Amen, amen, I say unto you that whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Romans 6:17-22 But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin but have obeyed from the heart unto that form of doctrine into which you have been delivered. . . .

Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

2 Peter 2:4,19 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment: . . .

Context
Simon the Sorcerer
22Do penance therefore for this thy wickedness: and pray to God, that perhaps this thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. 23For I see thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity. 24Then Simon answering, said: Pray you for me to the Lord that none of these things which you have spoken may come upon me.…
Cross References
Isaiah 58:6
Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress, let them that are broken go free, and break asunder every burden.

Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice.

Lexicon
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

I see that
ὁρῶ (horō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

you
σε (se)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

are
ὄντα (onta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

poisoned
χολὴν (cholēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5521: Gall, bitter herbs. Feminine of an equivalent perhaps akin to the same as Chloe; 'gall' or bile, i.e. poison or an anodyne.

by bitterness
πικρίας (pikrias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4088: Bitterness, harshness, hence met: an embittered (resentful) spirit. From pikros; acridity, literally or figuratively.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

captive
σύνδεσμον (syndesmon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4886: That which binds together; a band, bond. From sun and desmon; a joint tie, i.e. Ligament, uniting principle, control.

to iniquity.”
ἀδικίας (adikias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 93: Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.


Additional Translations
For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

For I see you being in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity."

For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

for I see thee to be in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.

For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."

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

for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive thee being.'
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