Acts 8:11
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
KJV
προσεῖχον δὲ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸ ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ ταῖς μαγίαις ἐξεστακέναι αὐτούς.
Greek NT
Attendebant autem eum : propter quod multo tempore magiis suis dementasset eos.
Vulgate
And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
ASV
And they were attentive to him, because, for a long time, he had bewitched them with his magical practices.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
μαγεία
mageia
noun · 1×
προσέχω
prosecho
verb · 24×
χρόνος
chronos
noun · 54×
ἐξίστημι
existemi
verb · 17×
ἱκανός
ikanos
adjective · 40×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2121Simony is defined as the buying or selling of spiritual things.53 To Simon the magician, who wanted to buy the spiritual power he saw at work in the apostles, St. Peter responded: "Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money!"54 Peter thus held to the words of Jesus: "You received without pay, give without pay."55 It is impossible to …
Cross-references
- Acts 8:9 — 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:
- Acts 8:9 — 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:
- Gal 3:1 — O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
- Rev 18:23 — And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth;
- Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.