Acts 8:9

Acts chapter 8 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But there was a 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:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But there was a 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:

Context

v.8And there was much joy in that city.

v.9This passage

v.10to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

2 Timothy 3:5
holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
John 7:18
He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Acts 19:18
Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
Revelation 22:15
Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
Acts 8:11
And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.