מעשי השליחים 8:21

Delitzsche Hebrew New Testament

אֵין־לְךָ חֵלֶק וְגוֹרָל בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה כִּי לְבָבְךָ אֵינֶנּוּ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים׃

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Hebrew Modern Translation
אין לך חלק וגורל בדבר הזה כי לבבך איננו ישר לפני האלהים׃

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hast: Joshua 22:25, Ezekiel 14:3, Revelation 20:6, Revelation 22:19

for: 2 Chronicles 25:2, Psalms 36:1, Psalms 78:36, Psalms 78:37, Habakkuk 2:4, Matthew 6:22-24, John 21:17, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23

Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:8 - General 2 Samuel 22:45 - submit themselves Ezra 4:3 - Ye have nothing Nehemiah 2:20 - ye have no Isaiah 32:6 - and his heart Isaiah 55:7 - his thoughts Matthew 6:21 - there Matthew 13:21 - root Matthew 15:8 - but Luke 2:35 - that Luke 6:42 - hypocrite Luke 11:39 - but Acts 5:4 - why Acts 8:13 - believed Acts 8:37 - If 1 Timothy 6:4 - He 2 Timothy 3:8 - men Hebrews 10:22 - a true James 2:14 - though

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter,.... Or business of the gift of the Holy Ghost; signifying, that as he had not the grace of the Spirit of God implanted in him, so he should not have any of the gifts of the Spirit bestowed on him; and much less a power of communicating them to others, through laying on of hands: or "in this word"; the word of the Gospel, preached by the apostles; and in any of the blessings published in it, as the forgiveness of sins, a justifying righteousness, and eternal life; and so the Syraic version renders it, "in this faith"; neither in the grace of faith, nor in the doctrine of faith: it seems to answer to a way of speaking frequently used among the Jews, that such and such persons, אין להם הלק, "have no part or lot", in the world to come i. The Ethiopic version reads, "because of this thy word"; because for his money, he had desired to have a power of bestowing the Holy Ghost on persons, through the imposition of his hands; which showed he had no share in the grace of God, and would have no part in eternal life, thus living and dying:

for thy heart is not right in the sight of God; he had not a clean heart, nor a right spirit created in him; he had not true principles of grace wrought in him; his heart was full of covetousness, ambition, and hypocrisy; he had no good designs, ends, and aims, in what he said and did; in his profession of faith, in his baptism, in his attendance on Philip's ministry, and in his request for the above power, of conferring the Holy Ghost: his view was not the spread and confirmation of the Gospel, or the enlargement of the kingdom and interest of Christ, and the glory of God, but his own applause and worldly interest; and therefore, however he might be thought of by men, to be a good and disinterested man, he was otherwise in the sight of God, who is the searcher of the heart, and the trier of the reins of the children of men.

i Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 11. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither part - You have no “portion” of the grace of God; that is, you are destitute of it altogether. This word commonly denotes the “part” of an inheritance which falls to one when it is divided.

Nor lot - This word means properly a portion which “falls” to one when an estate, or when spoil in war is divided into portions, according to the number of those who are to be partakers, and the part of each one is determined by “lot.” The two words denote “emphatically” that he was in no sense a partaker of the favor of God.

In this matter - Greek: in this “word”; that is, thing. That which is referred to here is the religion of Christ. Simon was not a Christian. It is remarkable that Peter judged him so soon, and when he had seen but “one” act of his. But it was an act which satisfied him that he was a stranger to religion. One act may sometimes bring out the “whole character”; it may evince the “governing” motives; it may show traits of character utterly “inconsistent” with true religion; and then it is as certain a criterion as any long series of acts.

Thy heart - Your “affections,” or “governing motives”; your principle of conduct. Comp, 2 Kings 10:15. You love gold and popularity, and not the gospel for what it is. There is no evidence here that Peter saw this in a miraculous manner, or by any supernatural influence. It was apparent and plain that Simon was not influenced by the pure, disinterested motives of the gospel, but by the love of power and of the world.

In the sight of God - That is, God sees or judges that your heart is not sincere and pure. No external profession is acceptable without the heart. Reader, is your heart right with God? Are your motives pure; and does “God” see there the exercise of holy, sincere, and benevolent affections toward him? God “knows” the motives; and with unerring certainty he will judge, and with unerring justice he will fix our doom according to the affections of the heart.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 8:21. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter — Thou hast no part among the faithful, and no lot in this ministry. That the word κληρος, which we translate lot, is to be understood as implying a spiritual portion, office, c., see proved in the note on Numbers 26:55.

Thy heart is not right — It is not through motives of purity, benevolence, or love to the souls of men, that thou desirest to be enabled to confer the Holy Ghost it is through pride, vain glory, and love of money: thou wouldest now give a little money that thou mightest, by thy new gift, gain much.