Acts 8:24

8:24 But Simon replied, ¹  “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to ²  me.”

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¹ tn Grk “Simon answered and said.”

sn Given that Simon does not follow Peter’s call for repentance, many interpreters read this reply as flippant rather than sincere. But the exact nature of Simon’s reply is not entirely clear.

² tn Grk “may come upon.”