Acts 8:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter. It is a needless refinement of Bengel to distinguish between these two words in such a phrase, which plainly is but an emphatic expression for 'no share at all' (cf. in Septuagint, Deuteronomy 18:1; Psalms 16:5; Isaiah 57:6).

For thy heart is not right in this sight of God. This is the fidelity of a true minister to one awfully self-deceived.

Acts 8:21

21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.