Acts 8:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 For unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice, came out of many possessed people, and many paralyzed and crippled people were cured.(A) 8 There was great joy in that city.
Simon the Magician. 9 A man named Simon used to practice magic[a] in the city and astounded the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.
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- 8:9–13, 18–24 Sorcerers were well known in the ancient world. Probably the incident involving Simon and his altercation with Peter is introduced to show that the miraculous charisms possessed by members of the Christian community (Acts 8:6–7) were not to be confused with the magic of sorcerers.
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