The word ????, 'gall,' occurs in Mt 27:34. and the word for ' bitterness,' ??????, in Ro 3:14; Eph 4:31; Heb 12:15. The translation in Ac 8:23 is literal, except that it should be 'a gall of bitterness.' Peter saw that Simon was still in the state of nature which is only bitterness.
they gave Him wine mixed with gall to drink. But when He tasted it, He would not drink it.
For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity."
All bitterness, anger and wrath, insult and slander must be removed from you, along with all wickedness.
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.
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