20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.



Ver. 20. But Peter said unto him] Philip took him for a right honest man, and baptized him; but Peter soon smelt a fox, and drew him out of his den into the open light. Hypocrites shall be sooner or later detected; their name must rot.



Thy money perish with thee] So said that noble Italian marquis, Caracciolus, to the Jesuit that tempted him to revolt for money. {a} Let their money perish with them, said he, that esteem all the gold in the world worth one day’s society with Jesus Christ and his Holy Spirit; and cursed be that religion for ever that goes that way to work.



{a} His Life by Crashaw.