It so happened, however, that Philip the deacon and evangelist went down from Jerusalem to Samaria, and "proclaimed unto them the Christ" (Ac 8:5) and as the result of the proclamation of the gospel, many were gathered into the Christian church. ![]() Simon and the Apostles: (1) Simon and Philip: The claim, given out by himself, was that he "was some great one" and this claim was acknowledged by the Samaritans, for previous to the introduction of the gospel into Samaria, "they all gave heed (to him), from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great" (Ac 8:10). In Ac 8:11 it is also said that "of long time he had amazed" them "with his sorceries" (magiais). The name or term "Magus" is not given to him in the New Testament, but is justly used to designate or particularize him on account of the incident recorded in Ac 8:9-24, for though the word "Magus" does not occur, yet in Ac 8:9 the present participle mageuon is used, and is translated, both in the King James Version and in the Revised Version (British and American), "used sorcery." Simon accordingly was a sorcerer, he "bewitched the people of Samaria" (the King James Version). Was Simon the Originator of Gnosticism? 1. ![]() ![]() Ma'-gus (Simon, Greek form of Hebrew shim`on Gesenius gives the meaning of the Hebrew word as "hearing with acceptance" it is formed from shama`, "to hear"):Ĩ.
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