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Simon (who practiced sorcery)

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Named at Acts 8:9 as a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one. At 8:10–13 they all listen to him, saying, “This man is that great power of God,” but when they believe Philip, Simon himself also believes, is baptized, and continues with Philip; at 8:18–24, seeing that the Holy Spirit is given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offers them money, saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit”; Peter says to him, “May your silver perish with you,” and tells him to repent of his wickedness, and Simon answers, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”

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ACT 8:9–13, engwebp
⁹But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
¹⁰to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
¹¹They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
¹²But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
¹³Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
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ACT 8:14–25, engwebp
¹⁴Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
¹⁵who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
¹⁶for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
¹⁷Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
¹⁸Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
¹⁹saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
²⁰But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
²¹You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
²²Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
²³For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
²⁴Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
²⁵They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.
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Current wording: Named at Acts 8:9 as a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one. At 8:10–13 they all listen to him, saying, “This man is that great power of God,” but when they believe Philip, Simon himself also believes, is baptized, and continues with Philip; at 8:18–24, seeing that the Holy Spirit is given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offers them money, saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit”; Peter says to him, “May your silver perish with you,” and tells him to repent of his wickedness, and Simon answers, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
Cited evidence: ACT 8:9–13, engwebp / ACT 8:14–25, engwebp
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