Acts 8:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ Simon amazed the people with his magic tricks so long that the people became his followers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And they were attentive and made much of him, because for a long time he had amazed and bewildered and dazzled them with his skill in magic arts.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

Common English Bible

¹¹ He had their attention because he had baffled them with sorcery for a long time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And they were attentive to him because, for a long time, he had deluded them with his magic.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And they were attentive to him, because, for a long time, he had bewitched them with his magical practices.

Acts 8:11 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 44:25

False prophets {\cf2\super [397]} tell lies, but the Lord shows their lies are false. The Lord makes foolish people of the men that do magic. The Lord confuses even wise men. They think they know much, but the Lord makes them look foolish.

Isaiah 8:19

Some people say, “Ask the fortune tellers and wizards what to do.” (These fortune tellers and wizards whisper and make sounds like birds \{to make people think that they know secret things\}.) \{But I tell you that\} people should ask their God \{for help\}! Those fortune tellers and wizards ask dead people what to do. Why should living people ask something from the dead?

Acts 13:6

They went across the whole island to the city of Paphos. In Paphos they met a Jewish man who did magic. His name was Barjesus. He was a false prophet. {\cf2\super [252]}

Acts 8:9

But there was a man named Simon in that city. Before Philip came there, Simon used his power to do magic and he amazed all the people of Samaria. Simon boasted and called himself a great man.

Galatians 3:1

You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were very foolish. You let someone trick you.