NEW TESTAMENT

Acts 8:20

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But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

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Verse 20. May thy money perish with thee; or go with thee to perdition. This was a prophecy, says Saint John Chrysostom of Saint Peter who saw him incorrigible, and that he would not repent. Witham.

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