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Acts 8:9 (CEV)

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9 For some time a man named Simon had lived in the city of Samaria and had amazed the people. He practiced witchcraft and claimed to be somebody great.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 9) Magic Arts / Witchcraft - Simon the Sorcer - Converted to Christ

Definition(s):
Samaria (Sa-meh-ree-a): watch-mountain
Simon (Sigh-mon): that hears; that obeys
Simon (Maccabeus): that hears; that obeys