Acts 8:21

μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος. These two words are constantly found together in the LXX. of Deuteronomy where the Levites are spoken of, who had no inheritance or possession in the land of Canaan. Thus Deuteronomy 12:12 ὁ Λευίτης, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος μεθ' ὑμῶν. So Deuteronomy 14:27; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 18:1.

ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ, in this matter. Or, more literally, ‘in this word’; and if that rendering be taken, the reference will be to the λόγον θεοῦ mentioned in Acts 8:14.

ἡ γὰρ καρδία σου οὐκ ἔστιν εὐθεῖα, for thy heart is not right, &c. This expression or its equivalent (εὐθὺς τῇ καρδίᾳ) is very common in the LXX. of the Psalms, as Psalms 7:10; Psalms 10:2; Psalms 31:11, &c. The passage which most nearly accords with this verse is Psalms 78:37, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν οὐκ εὐθεῖα μετ' αὐτοῦ.