The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 8:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And for then, A.V.; also himself believed for himself believed also, A.V.; being baptized for when he was baptized, A.V.; beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed for wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

Contained with ( ἢν προσκαρτερῶν); see Acts 1:14; Acts 3:1-26 :46; Acts 6:4; Acts 10:1-48.7. St. Paul uses the word in Romans 12:12; Romans 13:6; Colossians 4:2; and the substantive formed from it ( προσκαρτέρησις) once, Ephesians 6:18.

Elsewhere in the New Testament it occurs only in Mark 3:9. But it is found in Hist. of. Sus. 6. Amazed (see note on verse 9). In Simon we have the first example of one who, having been baptized into Jesus Christ, lived to disgrace and corrupt the faith which he professed.

He was an instance of the tares sown among the wheat, and of the seed which sprang up quickly being as quickly destroyed. He is an instance also of the truth of our Lord's raying, "Ye cannot serve God and mammon."

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