Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.” New Living Translation “Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon exclaimed, “that these terrible things you’ve said won’t happen to me!” English Standard Version And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” Berean Standard Bible Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.” Berean Literal Bible And Simon answering said, "You pray earnestly to the Lord on behalf of me, so that nothing of which you have spoken may come upon me." King James Bible Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. New King James Version Then Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.” New American Standard Bible But Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” NASB 1995 But Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” NASB 1977 But Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” Legacy Standard Bible But Simon answered and said, “Pray earnestly to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” Amplified Bible But Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me both of you, so that nothing of what you have said will come upon me.” Christian Standard Bible “Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Please pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.” American Standard Version And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Simon answered, and he said, “Ask God for my sake, that none of these things which you have said may come upon me.” Contemporary English Version Simon said, "Please pray to the Lord, so that what you said won't happen to me." Douay-Rheims Bible Then Simon answering, said: Pray you for me to the Lord, that none of these things which you have spoken may come upon me. English Revised Version And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me. GOD'S WORD® Translation Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me that none of the things you said will happen to me." Good News Translation Simon said to Peter and John, "Please pray to the Lord for me, so that none of these things you spoke of will happen to me." International Standard Version Simon answered, "Both of you pray to the Lord for me that none of the things you have said will happen to me." Literal Standard Version And Simon answering, said, “Implore for me to the LORD, that nothing may come on me of the things you have spoken.” Majority Standard Bible Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.” New American Bible Simon said in reply, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.” NET Bible But Simon replied, "You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me." New Revised Standard Version Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.” New Heart English Bible Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me." Webster's Bible Translation Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. Weymouth New Testament "Pray, both of you, to the Lord for me," answered Simon, "that nothing of what you have said may come upon me." World English Bible Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.” Young's Literal Translation And Simon answering, said, 'Beseech ye for me unto the Lord, that nothing may come upon me of the things ye have spoken.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Simon the Sorcerer…23For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.” 24Then Simon answered, “ Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.” 25And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.… Cross References Genesis 20:7 Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die--you and all who belong to you." Exodus 8:8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD." Numbers 21:7 Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us." So Moses interceded for the people. 1 Kings 13:6 Then the king responded to the man of God, "Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored." So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him as it was before. Jeremiah 37:3 Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, "Please pray to the LORD our God for us!" Jeremiah 42:2 Jeremiah the prophet and said, "May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes. James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. Treasury of Scripture Then answered Simon, and said, Pray you to the LORD for me, that none of these things which you have spoken come on me. Pray. Genesis 20:7,17 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine… Exodus 8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. Exodus 10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. Jump to Previous Beseech Me Prayer Simon Supplicate YourselvesJump to Next Beseech Me Prayer Simon Supplicate YourselvesActs 8 1. By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, 4. by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and baptized many; 9. among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people; 14. Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the church; 15. where, by prayer and imposition of hands giving the Holy Spirit; 18. when Simon would have bought the like power of them, 20. Peter sharply reproving his hypocrisy and covetousness, 22. and exhorting him to repentance, 25. together with John preaching the word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem; 26. but the angel sends Philip to teach and baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch. (24) Pray ye to the Lord for me.--There is something eminently characteristic in the sorcerer's words. (1) His conscience reads "between the lines" of St. Peter's address what was not actually found there. That "if perhaps" is to him as the knell of doom. (2) He prays not for deliverance from "the bond of iniquity," but only from the vague terror of a future penalty. (3) He turns, not, as Peter had bidden him, to the Lord who was ready to forgive, but to a human mediator. Peter must pray for him who has not faith to pray for himself. At this point Simon disappears from the history of the Acts, and this seems accordingly the right place for stating briefly the later traditions as to his history. In those traditions he occupies a far more prominent position than in St. Luke's narrative, and becomes, as it has been said, the "hero of the romance of heresy," as given in the Homilies and Recognitions of the Pseudo-Clement. Born at Gittom, in Samaria (Justin, Apol. i. 26), he received his education at Alexandria, and picked up the language of a mystic Gnosticism from Dositheus (Hom. ii. c. 22; Constt. Apost. vi. 8). He had for a short time been a disciple of the Baptist (Hom. c. 23). He murdered a boy that the soul of his victim might become his familiar spirit, and give him insight into the future (Hom. ii. c. 26; Recogn. ii. 9). He carried about with him a woman of great beauty, of the name of Luna or Helena, whom he represented as a kind of incarnation of the Wisdom or Thought of God (Justin, Apol. i. 6; Hom. ii. c. 25; Euseb. Hist. ii. 13). He identified himself with the promised Paraclete and the Christ, and took the name of "He who stands," as indicating divine power (Recogn. ii. 7). He boasted that he could turn himself and others into the form of brute beasts; that he could cause statues to speak (Hom. iv. c. 4; Recogn. ii. 9, iii. 6). His life was one of ostentatious luxury. He was accompanied by the two sons of the Syro-Ph?nician woman of Mark 7:26 (Hom. i. 19). After the episode related in the Acts, he went down to Caesarea, and Peter was then sent thither by James, the Bishop of Jerusalem, to confront and hold a disputation with him on various points of doctrine. From Caesarea he made his way to Tyre and Tripolis, and thence to Rome, and was there worshipped by his followers, so that an altar was seen there by Justin with an inscription, "SIMONI DEO SANCTO" (Apol. i. 56). Peter followed him, and in the reign of Claudius the two met, once more face to face, in the imperial city. According to one legend, he offered to prove his divinity by flying in the air. trusting that the demons whom he employed would support him; but, through the power of the prayers of Peter, he fell down, and had his bones broken, and then committed suicide (Constt. Apost. ii. 14; 6:9). Another represents him as buried alive at his own request, in order that he might show his power by rising on the third day from the dead, and so meeting his death (Irenaeus, Adv. Haer. vi. 20). In the midst of all this chaos of fantastic fables, we have, perhaps, one grain of fact in Justin's assertion that he had seen the altar above referred to. An altar was discovered at Rome in 1574, on the island in the Tiber, with the inscription "SEMONI SANCO DEO FIDIO." Archaeologists, however, agree in thinking that this was dedicated to the Sabine Hercules, who was known as SEMO SANCUS, and it has been thought by many writers that Justin may have seen this or some like altar, and, in his ignorance of Italian mythology, have imagined that it was consecrated to the Sorcerer of Samaria. His statement is repeated by Tertullian (Apol. c. 13) and Irenaeus (i. 20). Of the three names in the inscription, Semo (probably connected with Semen as the God of Harvest, or as Semihomo) appears by itself in the Hymn of the Fratres Arvales, and in connection with Sancus and Fidius (probably connected with Fides, and so employed in the formula of asseveration, medius fidius) in Ovid, Fast. vi. 213; Livy, viii. 20; 32:1. Verse 24. - And Simon answered for then answered Simon, A.V.; .for me to the Lord for to the Lord for me, A.V.; the for these, A.V. Pray ye, etc.; addressed to both Peter and John, who were acting together, and whose prayers had been seen to be effectual (ver. 15) in procuring the gift of the Holy Ghost. In like manner, Pharaoh, under the influence of terror at God's judgments, had asked again and again for the prayers of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 8:8, 28; Exodus 9:27, 28; Exodus 10:16, 17, etc.). But in neither ease was this an evidence of true conversion of heart.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Thenδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. Simon Σίμων (Simōn) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4613: Simon. Of Hebrew origin; Simon, the name of nine Israelites. answered, Ἀποκριθεὶς (Apokritheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “Pray Δεήθητε (Deēthēte) Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1189: To want for myself; I want, need; I beg, request, beseech, pray. Middle voice of deo; to beg, i.e. Petition. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord Κύριον (Kyrion) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. for ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. me, ἐμοῦ (emou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. so that ὅπως (hopōs) Conjunction Strong's 3704: From hos and pos; what(-ever) how, i.e. In the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual). nothing μηδὲν (mēden) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3367: No one, none, nothing. you have said εἰρήκατε (eirēkate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 2046: Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say. may happen ἐπέλθῃ (epelthē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1904: From epi and erchomai; to supervene, i.e. Arrive, occur, impend, attack, influence. to ἐπ’ (ep’) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. me.” ἐμὲ (eme) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. 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