Acts 8:20 (WEB)
But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Catechism · 1
“Simony is defined as the buying or selling of spiritual things.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 8:9-24.
Fathers and councils · 18
Tertullian
“There is the (infamous) Simon of Samaria in the Acts of the Apostles, who chaffered for the Holy Ghost: after his condemnation by Him, and a vain remorse that he and his money must perish together, he applied his energies to the destruction of the truth, as if to console himself with revenge.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 18–21. [Vol. I. pp. 171, 182, 193, 347.]
Read the whole comment“Therefore this man also, who in buying himself has bought the Spirit of Christ, will hear that word, “Your money perish with you, since you have thought that the grace of God is to be had at a price!”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20.
Read the whole comment“For thenceforward Simon Magus, just turned believer, (since he was still thinking somewhat of his juggling sect; to wit, that among the miracles of his profession he might buy even the gift of the Holy Spirit through imposition of hands) was cursed by the apostles, and ejected from the faith.” — editor's note: See Acts viii. 9–24.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not right in the sight of God; for I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20, 21, 23.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.7Discourse III
“To them then must be said what was said to Simon Magus; ‘the irreligion of Valentinus perish with you;’ and let every one rather trust to Solomon, who says, that the Word is Wisdom and Understanding.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20.
Read the whole comment “O thou Evil One, not with this shalt thou hinder my purpose; let it go with thee to destruction.’” — editor's note: Cf. Acts viii. 20.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…the Acts of the Apostles thought to purchase with money the unsaleable grace of the Spirit, and heard the words, Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, and the rest: concerning whom also it is written, They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 18–21.
Read the whole comment“Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought to purchase the gift of God with money; for thou art a second Judas, for expecting to buy the grace of the Spirit with money.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 20.
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Gregory the Great
“Now we know with what animadversion the Prince of the apostles attacked this heresy, having pronounced the first sentence of condemnation against Simon, when he said, Thy money be with thee unto perdition, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money (Acts viii. 20).” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“However, Macarius, Pambo, Isidore and the rest of those called fathers, speaking by the Spirit, decided that they should be interred with their owner, with the words: “Thy money perish with thee.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20.
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Basil the Great
“To the recipient of the bribe it must be said, as was said by the Apostles to him who was willing to give money to buy the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, “Thy money perish with thee.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But the relation is not itself apparent in that name, but it is apparent when He is called the gift of God; for He is the gift of the Father and of the Son, because “He proceeds from the Father,” as the Lord says; and because that which the apostle says, “Now, if any…” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20
Read the whole comment“And therefore most rightly is the Holy Spirit, although He is God, called also the gift of God.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20
Read the whole comment“And the same Peter said to him, “Thy money perish with thee: because thou hast thought to purchase for money the gift of God.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 18–20
Read the whole comment“Thy money perish with thee; and the rest which he spake in the same place suitably to the occasion.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 19–21.
Read the whole comment“Understand that he did not; attend to the very words of the Apostle Peter, for he goes on, “Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith: for I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 5–23.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“(But) the man was a (mere) cheat, and full of folly, and the Apostles reproved him in the Acts.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 9–24.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In the Acts of the Apostles: “Thy money be in perdition with thyself, because thou hast thought that the grace of God is possessed by money.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 20.
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in Letters Letter 53.
Cited together in Letters Letter 53.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.23.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XV.18.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.11.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XI.17.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.23.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.101.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.11.
Cited together in Letters Letter 53.