When Simon saw (Ιδων δε ο Σιμων). This participle (second aorist active of οραω) shows plainly that those who received the gift of…

Simon saw, etc. That is, he witnessed the extraordinary effects, the power of speaking in a miraculous manner, etc. (See Barnes on Acts 8:…

When Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands...—The words imply that the result was something visible and…

And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this pow…

Simon’s response to the presence of God’s Spirit and the evidences of God’s power is one of those tragic stories that accompany every advance of th…

And when Simon. Simon’s hypocrisy is now discovered. This is not because he had previously pretended to believe, for when he was convicted…

And when Simon saw
From which it appears, that the Holy Ghost, or his gifts, which were received by imposition of ha…

The Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of these converts with the extraordinary powers conveyed by the Spirit's descent on the day of Pentecos…