Acts 8:20 meaning and explanation
But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
Acts 8:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Simon the sorcerer had believed and been baptized, but when he saw the Spirit given through the apostles' hands he offered them money to buy that power. Peter's reply is blunt: "May your silver perish with you." The Greek word for perish, apollumi, means to be destroyed or lost, and Peter turns Simon's money back on himself.
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