Acts 8:10

To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. TO WHOM THEY ALL GAVE HEED, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST. [Lachmann and Tischendorf leave out pantes (G3956), but all the leading, manuscripts have it; and instead of being inserted to 'fill up the sense,' as Alford says, it was far more likely to be left out just because the sense was filled up by what follows.] SAYING, THIS MAN IS THE GREAT POWER OF GOD - or, according to the reading which has far the greatest authority [of 'Aleph (') A B C D E, etc., the Vulgate, and other ancient versions], 'This is that power of God which is called great' [ Houtos (G3778) estin (G2076)...

10.For the surname, _great power_, tendeth to this end, that whatsoever should otherwise be divine might wax vile through this greatness. Therefore the power of Christ appeareth hereby more plainly, in that Philip brake through these lets; which thing Luke amplifieth,...

5-13 As far as the gospel prevails, evil spirits are dislodged, particularly unclean spirits. All inclinations to the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul are such. Distempers are here named, the most difficult to be cured by the course of nature, and most expressive of the disease of sin. Pride, ambition, and desire after grandeur have always caused abundance of mischief, both to the world and to the church. The people said of Simon, This man is the great power of God. See how ignorant and thoughtless people mistake. But how strong is the power of Divine grace, by which they were brought to Christ, who is Truth itself! The people not only gave heed to what Philip said, but were fully convinced that it was of God, and not of men, and gave up themselves to be directed thereby. Even bad men, and those whose hearts still go after covetousness, may come before God as his people com...

Verse Acts 8:10. _THIS MAN IS THE GREAT POWER OF GOD._] That is, he is invested with it, and can command and use it. They certainly did not believe him to be _God_; but they thought him to be endued with a great supernatural power. There is a remarkable reading here in several MSS. which should not pass unnoticed. In ABCDE, several others, together with the _AEthiopic, Armenian_, later _Syriac, Vulgate, Itala, Origen_, and _Irenaeus_, the word καλουμενη is _added_ before μεγαλη, and the passage reads thus, _This person is that power of God which is_ _CALLED the GREAT_. This appears to be the true reading; but what the Samaritans meant by that power of God which they termed _the_ _Great_, we know not. Simon endeavoured to persuade the people that he was a very great personage, and he succeeded....

THE GREAT POWER OF GOD - Probably this means only that they believed that he was “invested with” the power of God, not that they supposed he was really the Great God....

EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life is very touching (see Acts 22:2,; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Timothy 1:13). (For the word συνευδοκεῖν_, _to consent, see Acts 22:20; Luke 11:48; Rom 1:32;...

TO WHOM THEY ALL GAVE HEED,.... Were not only attentive to the strange things he did, and to the wonderful things he gave out concerning himself; but they believed what he said and did as real things, and were obedient to him: and that FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST; which does not so much respect age, though the Ethiopic version renders it, "from the younger of them to the eldest of them", as state and condition; persons of every rank and quality, high and low, rich and poor, magistrates and subjects, from the meanest to the greatest of them; and so the Syriac version renders it, "both great", or "noble, and mean"; he drew the attention, and commanded the regard, both of princes and peasants, of the learned and unlearned, of the great men, and of the common people, who one and all wondered at him, and applauded him: SAYING, THIS MAN IS THE GREAT POWER OF GOD; or as the Alexandrian cop...

Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem, and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles._ Saul, having tasted blood in the murder of Stephen, became more and more furious in his persecution of the Church of Christ at Jerusalem, and the brethren had to escape for their lives. They all did so, except the apostles, who were specially cared for by divine providence. Acts 8:2. _And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentations over him._ As well they might, for his death was a serious loss

ACTS 8:10 kaloume,nh {A} The awkward kaloume,nh is omitted by the later Byzantine text; it is replaced by legome,nh in several minuscules. Klostermann thought that Mega,lh was a transliteration of the Samaritan algm or ylgm, meaning “he who reveals, the revealer,” 179 in which case kaloume,nh apologizes for the foreign term (compare Acts 1:12; Acts 3:2,...

PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believers. Philip in Samaria (Acts 8:4). 3. Events in Samaria (Acts 8:9). 4. The Gospel in many villages of Samaria (Acts 8:25). 5. Philip and the Eunuch (Acts 8:26). The final testimony to the rulers of the people had been given. It was rejected, and the Spirit filled messenger killed. The last offer had therefore been completely rejected