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Simon stands before an impressed Samaritan crowd.
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Acts 8:9-11

Simon’s Former Prestige

Good News on the Road · Acts 8

Story guide: The account introduces Simon’s earlier reputation and the people’s amazement. This contextual image depicts his public prestige without inventing a specific magic act.

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9A certain man named Simon had previously been in the city practicing magic and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was someone great,

10They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.”

11And they paid attention to him because for a considerable time he had amazed them with his magic arts.

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