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ACTS 8:9 me,gan
Struck by the syntax of the expression le,gwn ei=nai, tina e`auto.n
me,gan, several scholars have proposed emendations. Valckenaer, van de
Sande Bakhuyzen, and Blass 177 regard me,gan...
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Verse Acts 8:9. _A CERTAIN MAN CALLED SIMON_] In ancient
ecclesiastical writers, we have the strangest account of this man;
they say that he pretended to be the _Father_, who gave the law to
Moses; t...
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BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN CALLED SIMON - The fathers have written
much respecting this man, and have given strange accounts of him; but
nothing more is certainly known of him than is stated in this...
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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 believ...
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SIMON MAGUS. This man had been for some time at Samaria. This is the
only account of him in NT; but in the early Fathers and in Christian
legend he occupies much space, and he has been the occasion du...
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THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1)
8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with
vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the
Holy Spirit and h...
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Those who were scattered abroad went throughout the country telling
the message of the good news. Philip went down to the city of Samaria
and preached Christ to them. The crowds listened attentively t...
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CERTAIN. Greek. _tis._ App-123.
CALLED. Literally by name
BEFORETIME... USED SORCERY Literally before was (Greek. prouparcho
Luke 23:12) practicing magic (Greek.mageuo, to act as. magos. Only
here. C...
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_a certain man, called Simon_ From the Gk. word _magos_=sorcerer or
magician, this man is usually spoken of as Simon Magus. According to
Justin Martyr (_Apol_. i. 26) he was born at Gitton, a village...
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PHILIP’S PREACHING IN SAMARIA AND ITS EFFECT...
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ΣΊΜΩΝ. From the verb μαγεύω used in describing the arts of
Simon, he is usually spoken of as Simon _Magus_, i.e. the sorcerer or
magician. According to Justin Martyr (_Apol_. I. 26) he was born at
Git...
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_THE CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITANS ACTS 8:5-25:_ Philip went to Samaria
and preached Christ and the gospel of His kingdom. (Acts 8:12) Signs
and wonders confirmed the message Philip preached. As the go...
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USED SORCERY, &C.— _Had practised magical arts, and astonished the
people._ Heylin and Doddridge. Some think the word Μαγευων to
be entirely of the same signification with the word Μαγος, and
intended...
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B.
THE FIRST WORK OF PHILIP. Acts 8:5-13.
Acts 8:5
And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them
the Christ.
Acts 8:6
And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the...
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See notes on verse 6...
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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:
BUT THERE WAS, [ proupee...
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4 We now enter the second cycle of the kingdom testimony. Jerusalem
and Judea have not heeded its proclamation. It is now offered to
Samaria, then it will go to the limits of the earth, and even to th...
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PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS
The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were
doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house
at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
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SIMON] Justin Martyr (150 a.d.), himself a Samaritan, says that Simon
belonged to the Samaritan village of Gitto. He is regarded as the
father of heresy, and is the reputed author of a Gnostic work ca...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 8
SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4
V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians
in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
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BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN, CALLED SIMON. — The man who is thus
brought before us in a brief episode, occupies a prominent place in
the history and the legends of the Apostolic Church. For the presen...
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Acts 8:9
CHAPTER 17
SIMON MAGUS AND THE CONVERSION OF SAMARIA.
Acts 8:5; Acts 8:9
THE object of the earlier part of this book of the Acts is to trace
the steady, gradual development of the Church...
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Σίμων : very few of the most advanced critics now dismiss Simon
as an unhistorical character, or deny that the account before us
contains at least some historical _data;_ see McGiffert's note,
_Aposto...
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FRUITS OF THE SCATTERED SEED
Acts 8:1-13
Evidently Stephen was beloved outside the precincts of the Church, for
it would seem that the devout men who lamented his early death and
carried his poor bod...
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The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom
of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were
scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
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Philip Preaching in Samaria
Philip, who was one of the seven, went to the city of Samaria. Because
the Samaritans were of mixed descent coming from the intermarriage of
Jews and Gentiles, the Jews reg...
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(5) But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the
same city used (b) sorcery, and (c) bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that himself was some great one:
(5) Christ over...
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EVANGELIZATION OF SAMARIA
5-25. Philip, a bright, uncultured layman, sanctified in the
Pentecostal revival, _“filled with the Spirit and wisdom,”_
rendering him eligible to the office of deacon, was t...
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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: (10) To whom they all gave h...
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We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of
the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the
manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in
var...
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9._A certain man named Simon. _This was such a let that it might seem
that the gospel could have no passage to come unto the Samaritans; for
the minds of them all were bewitched with Simon’s jugglings...
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Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This
is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in
immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
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BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN CALLED SIMON,.... Who, as Justin Martyr f
says, was a Samaritan, and of a village called Gitton; and so a Jewish
writer g calls him Simeon, השמרוני, "the Samaritan", a wiza...
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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:
Ver. 9. _Which beforetime,...
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_But there was_, &c. At the time when the gospel was thus brought to
them by Philip, a man was there, _called Simon, which before- time in
the same city used sorcery_ Greek, _had been_ μαγευων, _using...
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SORCERY; deceptive arts, pretending to foretell future events.
BEWITCHED; amazed them, filled them with astonishment. It is the word
which in verse Acts 8:13 is translated wondered....
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BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN, CALLED SIMON, WHICH BEFORE TIME IN THE
SAME CITY USED SORCERY, AND BEWITCHED THE PEOPLE OF SAMARIA, GIVING
OUT THAT HE HIMSELF WAS SOME GREAT ONE;...
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The conversion of Simon:...
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As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the
martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at
Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
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BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN CALLED SIMON, WHO PREVIOUSLY PRACTICED
SORCERY IN THE CITY AND ASTONISHED THE PEOPLE OF SAMARIA, CLAIMING
THAT HE WAS SOMEONE GREAT,
1. Simon the Sorcerer -
2. SORCERY - S...
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But there was. certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city
used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that
himself was some great one:
'CERTAIN MAN'-A real person.
'SIMON...
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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...
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USED SORCERY; magical enchantments, as a wizard. BEWITCHED THE PEOPLE;
caused them, as men in an ecstasy, to be amazed at and afraid of him.
SOME GREAT ONE; as if he had been God, or at least had some...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
Simon the Samaritan was that magician of whom Luke, the disciple and
follower of the apostles, says, "But there was a certain man, Simon by
name, who beforetime used m...
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Acts 8:9 But G1161 certain G5100 man G435 called G3686 Simon G4613
previously G4391 (G5707) sorcery G3096 ...
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‘But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who before that time in
the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out
that he himself was some great one, to whom they all gave heed,...
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THE CONTINUING MINISTRY OF PETER (9:32-11:18).
In preparing for the Gentile ministry of Paul, a preparation which has
included what we have just considered concerning his conversion and
ministry to Je...
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Acts 8:9. A CERTAIN MAN, CALLED SIMON, WHICH BEFORETIME IN THE SAME
CITY NEED SORCERY. We have here a description of the first collision
between the unreality and imposture in the outside world, and t...
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SIMON
(Σιμων). One of the common names (Josephus, _Ant_. XX. 7, 2) and
a number of messianic pretenders had this name. A large number of
traditions in the second and third centuries gathered round t...
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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 gre...
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Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where
preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and
preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
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CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The
case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon,
apostles,...
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Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the
church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly
burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
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A MAN NAMED SIMON. A magician, who had built fame for himself through
his use of the magic arts. HE CLAIMED. He claimed to be more than
human, with supernatural powers....
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_But there was a certain man called Simon _
SIMON THE MAGIAN UNMASKED AND PUT TO SHAME
This Simon was the first heretic in the Christian Church, the first to
claim its fellowship while out of sympat...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:9 On ancient MAGIC, see note on 13:6.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 8:9. SIMON.—Not the Cyprian Jew of that name whom, according to
Josephus (_Ant._, XX. vii. 2), Felix afterwards employed to persuade
Drusilla to leave for him her husband. King...
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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 i...
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We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young
Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was
standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
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2 Peter 2:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; 2 Timothy 3:2; 2 Timothy 3:5;...
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Used sorcery [μ α γ ε υ ω ν]. Only here in New Testament. One
of the wizards so numerous throughout the East at that time, and
multiplied by the general expectation of a great deliverer and the
spread...
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THE GREAT PERSECUTION
Acts 8:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We approach today the scenes that immediately followed Stephen's
death. Satan, encouraged by Stephen's martyrdom, thinks to press on
with fire and...
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A certain man — using magic — So there was such a thing as
witchcraft once! In Asia at least, if not in Europe or America....
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An account is here given of one of Philip's auditors at Samaria, Simon
Magus by name, or Simon the sorcerer,. vile man, the blackest
Ethiopian that ever baptismal water wet or washed. Notorious for
so...