Acts 8:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ A man named Simon had previously practised sorcery in that city and amazed the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ But there was a man named Simon, who had formerly practiced magic arts in the city to the utter amazement of the Samaritan nation, claiming that he himself was an extraordinary and distinguished person.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ 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:

Common English Bible

⁹ Before Philip’s arrival, a certain man named Simon had practiced sorcery in that city and baffled the people of Samaria. He claimed to be a great person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Therefore, there was great gladness in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon, who formerly had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great.

Acts 8:9 Cross References

Exodus 7:11

But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers #– #the magicians  of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.

Exodus 7:22

But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Exodus 9:11

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

Leviticus 20:6

‘Whoever turns to mediums  , or spiritists  and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.

John 7:18

The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory;   but he who seeks the glory   of the one who sent him is true,   and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Acts 13:6

When they had travelled the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

Acts 13:8

But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed  them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Acts 5:36

Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and came to nothing.

Acts 8:11

They were attentive to him because he had amazed them with his sorceries for a long time.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god  or object of worship,  so that he sits  in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.

2 Timothy 3:2

For people will be lovers of self,  lovers of money,  boastful, proud,  demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

2 Timothy 3:5

holding to the form of godliness but denying its power.  Avoid these people.

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words,  they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped  from those who live in error.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs,   the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practises falsehood.