Acts 8:9

Good News Translation

A man named Simon lived there, who for some time had astounded the Samaritans with his magic. He claimed that he was someone great,

Cross References

Exodus 7:11

Then the king called for his wise men and magicians, and by their magic they did the same thing.

Exodus 7:22

Then the king's magicians did the same thing by means of their magic, and the king was as stubborn as ever. Just as the Lord had said, the king refused to listen to Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 9:11

The magicians were not able to appear before Moses, because they were covered with boils, like all the other Egyptians.

Leviticus 20:6

“If any of you go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you one of my people.

John 7:18

Those who speak on their own authority are trying to gain glory for themselves. But he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there is nothing false in him.

Acts 13:6

They went all the way across the island to Paphos, where they met a certain magician named Bar-Jesus, a Jew who claimed to be a prophet.

Acts 13:8

But they were opposed by the magician Elymas (that is his name in Greek), who tried to turn the governor away from the faith.

Acts 5:36

You remember that Theudas appeared some time ago, claiming to be somebody great, and about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, all his followers were scattered, and his movement died out.

Acts 8:11

They paid this attention to him because for such a long time he had astonished them with his magic.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God's Temple and claim to be God.

2 Timothy 3:2

People will be selfish, greedy, boastful, and conceited; they will be insulting, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and irreligious;

2 Timothy 3:5

they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people.

2 Peter 2:18

They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.

Revelation 22:15

But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.