But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

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Simon the Sorcerer

Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(A) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(B)

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The Sorcerer’s Profession of Faith

But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously (A)practiced [a]sorcery in the city and (B)astonished the [b]people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:9 magic
  2. Acts 8:9 Or nation

11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

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11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.

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11 And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his [a]sorceries for a long time.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:11 magic arts