◄ Acts 8:11 ►
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Good News Translation
They paid this attention to him because for such a long time he had astonished them with his magic.

New Revised Standard Version
And they listened eagerly to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.

Contemporary English Version
For a long time, Simon had used witchcraft to amaze the people, and they kept crowding around him.

New American Bible
They paid attention to him because he had astounded them by his magic for a long time,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they were attentive to him, because, for a long time, he had bewitched them with his magical practices.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they were attentive to him, because, for a long time, he had bewitched them with his magical practices.

he had.

Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?

Isaiah 44:25 That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.

Isaiah 47:9-13 These two things shall come upon thee suddenly in one day, barrenness and widowhood. All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy enchanters. . . .

Galatians 3:1 O senseless Galatians, who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth: before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been set forth, crucified among you?

Context
Simon the Sorcerer
…10To whom they all gave ear, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the power of God, which is called great. 11And they were attentive to him, because, for a long time, he had bewitched them with his magical practices. 12But when they had believed Philip preaching of the kingdom of God, in the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.…
Cross References
Acts 8:9
There was therefore great joy in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon who before had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one:

Acts 13:6
And when they had gone through the whole island, as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesu:

Acts 8:10
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