Kisah Para Rasul 8:20

8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, ¹  because you thought you could acquire ²  God’s gift with money!

Kisah Para Rasul 19:39

19:39 But if you want anything in addition, ³  it will have to be settled ⁴  in a legal assembly. ⁵ 

[8:20]  ¹ tn Grk “May your silver together with you be sent into destruction.” This is a strong curse. The gifts of God are sovereignly bestowed and cannot be purchased.

[8:20]  ² tn Or “obtain.”

[19:39]  ³ tn Or “anything more than this.”

[19:39]  ⁴ tn Or “resolved.”

[19:39]  ⁵ tn Or “in a legal meeting of the citizens.” L&N 30.81 has “ἐν τῇ ἐννόμῳ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐπιλυθήσεται ‘it will have to be settled in a legal meeting of the citizens’ Ac 19:39.” This meeting took place three times a year.