Because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries (δια το ικανω χρονω ταις μαγιαις εξεστακενα αυτους). Causal use of…

And to him they had regard.—The Greek word is the same as in the “gave heed” of the previous verse. The “long time” durin…

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which P…

Simon the sorcerer, or Simon Magus as he is called in postapostolic Christian writings, was a leading heretic in the early church. Justin Martyr (d…

When he says that they were astonished, from the least to the greatest. For since all people, whatever their status, were deluded, what en…

To him they had regard Which is repeated from the foregoing verse, for the sake of what follows:

As far as the gospel prevails, evil spirits are dislodged, particularly unclean spirits. All inclinations to the lusts of the flesh, which war agai…