In the gall of bitterness,— That is, the bitterest gall. The whole sentence expresses, in St. Peter's strong manner of speaking, how odious and wretched a creature Simon now appeared to him. How much more odious in the sight of a holy God must such a sinner be! De Dieu would render it, I see thee as the very gall of bitterness, and a bundle of iniquity. The gall of bitterness seems to have been an allusion to Deuteronomy 29:18 or Deuteronomy 32:32 and the bond of iniquity to Isaiah 58.
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Acts 8:23
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.