Acts 8:18 Douay-Rheims

And when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

Tertullian

c. A.D. 150–220 Patristic

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.

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A.D. 220 · on Acts 8:18 (A Treatise on the Soul)

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