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,
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
offered them money--Hence the term simony, to denote trafficking in sacred things, but chiefly the purchase of ecclesiastical offices.
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1871 · Acts 8:18
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