And they were paying attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his doing magic.
frustrating the signs of liars; yea, He makes divining ones mad, turning wise ones backward, and making their knowledge foolish,
And when they say to you, Seek to the mediums, and to spirit-knowers who peep and mutter; should not a people seek to its God, than for the living to seek the ones who died?
And passing through the island as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician, a false prophet, a Jew named Bar-jesus,
But a certain man, Simon by name, had long been doing magic in the city and amazing the nation of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great;
O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, to whom before your eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed afore among you being crucified?