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The word χολή, 'gall,' occurs in Matt. 27: 34. and the word for ' bitterness,' πικρία, in Rom. 3: 14; Eph. 4: 31; Heb. 12: 15. The translation in Acts 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.