Acts 8:10

ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη, with אABCDE. Vulg. has ‘quæ vocatur magna.’

10. ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, from the least to the greatest, i.e. one and all. The expression is common in the LXX. Thus God smites the people of Gath (1 Samuel 5:9) ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, ‘both small and great’ (A.V.). So 1 Samuel 30:19; 2 Chronicles 34:30, &c.

ἡ δύναμις τ. θ. ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη, the power of God that is called great. We can see from the language of the N.T. that ‘power’ was a word current to express angelic or heavenly influences (Romans 8:38; 1 Peter 3:22); and without assuming such a partition of the celestial host as is seen in the later Alexandrine writings we can understand the thought of these Samaritans that in Simon they had an incarnation of divine power, which deserved the title of great preeminently.