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PART II
The Witness to Samaria.
Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea.
Chapter s 8-12
CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._
2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
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SIMON MAGUS. This man had been for some time at Samaria. This is the
only account of him in NT; but in the early Fathers and in Christian
legend he occupies much space, and he has been the occasion du...
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THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1)
8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with
vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the
Holy Spirit and h...
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Those who were scattered abroad went throughout the country telling
the message of the good news. Philip went down to the city of Samaria
and preached Christ to them. The crowds listened attentively t...
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HAD REGARD. Same word as "gave heed" in verses: Acts 8:6; Acts 8:10.
BECAUSE THAT... HE HAD. Literally because of (Greek. _dia._
App-104.Acts 8:2; Acts 8:2) their ha
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_And to him they had regard_ Read, _And they gave heed to him_. This
is an instance of that fondness for change of expression which is so
marked a feature of the A. V. The word in the original is exac...
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ἹΚΑΝΩ͂Ι ΧΡΌΝΩΙ, _for a long time_. For the dative
similarly used of a space of time, see Acts 13:20. Simon’s
birthplace was in Samaria, and it is most probable that he had lived
there a great part of...
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PHILIP’S PREACHING IN SAMARIA AND ITS EFFECT...
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_THE CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITANS ACTS 8:5-25:_ Philip went to Samaria
and preached Christ and the gospel of His kingdom. (Acts 8:12) Signs
and wonders confirmed the message Philip preached. As the go...
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ΠΡΟΣΕΪ́ΧΟΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ Acts 8:6. ΊΚΑΝΦ
ΧΡΌΝΩ _dat. sing._ на долгое время. Temp. _dat._
относится к длительности времени (МТ,
243).
ΜΑΓΕΊΑΙΣ _dat. pl._ от ΜΆΓΕΊΑ (G3095) магия,
магические...
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HE HAD BEWITCHED THEM— _Had astonished them._ Doddridge....
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B.
THE FIRST WORK OF PHILIP. Acts 8:5-13.
Acts 8:5
And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them
the Christ.
Acts 8:6
And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the...
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See notes on verse 6...
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And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had
bewitched them with sorceries.
AND TO HIM THEY HAD REGARD, BECAUSE THAT OF LONG TIME HE HAD
BEWITCHED THEM, [ dia (G1223) to (G3588) hik...
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4 We now enter the second cycle of the kingdom testimony. Jerusalem
and Judea have not heeded its proclamation. It is now offered to
Samaria, then it will go to the limits of the earth, and even to th...
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PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS
The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were
doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house
at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 8
SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4
V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians
in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
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AND TO HIM THEY HAD REGARD. — The Greek word is the same as in the
“gave heed” of the previous verse. The “long time” during
which the evil fascination had been exercised, reckoning backwards
from the...
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ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ : dative for accusative, _cf._ Acts 13:20,
and perhaps Luke 8:29; Romans 16:25 the usage is not classical, Blass,
_Grammatik_, p. 118, but see also Winer-Moulton, xxxi. 9 _a_. St. Luke
alo...
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FRUITS OF THE SCATTERED SEED
Acts 8:1-13
Evidently Stephen was beloved outside the precincts of the Church, for
it would seem that the devout men who lamented his early death and
carried his poor bod...
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The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom
of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were
scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
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Philip Preaching in Samaria
Philip, who was one of the seven, went to the city of Samaria. Because
the Samaritans were of mixed descent coming from the intermarriage of
Jews and Gentiles, the Jews reg...
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_He had bewitched them with his sorceries, [1] or magic: he had put
them out of their wits, turned their heads, charmed them, stupefied
them. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Dementasset, _Greek: exestakena...
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EVANGELIZATION OF SAMARIA
5-25. Philip, a bright, uncultured layman, sanctified in the
Pentecostal revival, _“filled with the Spirit and wisdom,”_
rendering him eligible to the office of deacon, was t...
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But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the
same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving
out that himself was some great one: (10) To whom they all gave h...
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We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of
the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the
manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in
var...
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11.When he saith that _they were astonied_, from the least to the
greatest. For seeing all men, of what estate soever they were, were
deluded, what entrance could the gospel have, especially since it...
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Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This
is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in
immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
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TO HIM THEY HAD REGARD,.... Which is repeated from the foregoing
verse, for the sake of what follows:
BECAUSE THAT OF A LONG TIME HE HAD BEWITCHED THEM WITH SORCERIES; or
because he had, it may be fo...
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And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched
them with sorceries.
Ver. 11. _He had bewitched them with sorcery_] It happened in the
year of grace 434, that a certain seducer...
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_But there was_, &c. At the time when the gospel was thus brought to
them by Philip, a man was there, _called Simon, which before- time in
the same city used sorcery_ Greek, _had been_ μαγευων, _using...
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As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the
martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at
Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
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AND THEY HEEDED HIM BECAUSE HE HAD ASTONISHED THEM WITH HIS SORCERIES
FOR A LONG TIME.
1. Stated again - They heeded him - they listened and obeyed his
teaching and instructions, believing they were...
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And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed
them with his sorceries.
'GAVE HEED TO HIM'-Apparently believing that he was also the channel
for Divine revelation.
'THAT OF LONG...
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5-13 As far as the gospel prevails, evil spirits are dislodged,
particularly unclean spirits. All inclinations to the lusts of the
flesh which war against the soul are such. Distempers are here named...
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THEY HAD REGARD; they acquiesced in what he said, and yielded
obedience unto it; not only attending to his words with their ears,
but with their hearts: so true is that which our Saviour says, 1
THESS...
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Acts 8:11 And G1161 heeded G4337 (G5707) him G846 because G1223
astonished G1839 (G5760) them G846 sorceries...
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‘But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who before that time in
the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out
that he himself was some great one, to whom they all gave heed,...
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THE CONTINUING MINISTRY OF PETER (9:32-11:18).
In preparing for the Gentile ministry of Paul, a preparation which has
included what we have just considered concerning his conversion and
ministry to Je...
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Acts 8:11. HE HAD BEWITCHED THEM WITH SORCERIES. Professor Westcott
suggests ‘that it would be interesting to inquire how far the
magical arts universally attributed to Simon and his followers admit
o...
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BECAUSE THAT OF LONG TIME HE HAD AMAZED THEM WITH HIS SORCERIES
(δια το ικανω χρονω ταις μαγιαις
εξεστακενα αυτους). Causal use of δια with the
accusative articular infinitive (perfect active _Koine...
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Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where
preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and
preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
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Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed
for his murderers. Then this chapter begins:
Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time
there was a gre...
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CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The
case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon,
apostles,...
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Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the
church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly
burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
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_But there was a certain man called Simon _
SIMON THE MAGIAN UNMASKED AND PUT TO SHAME
This Simon was the first heretic in the Christian Church, the first to
claim its fellowship while out of sympat...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 8:9. SIMON.—Not the Cyprian Jew of that name whom, according to
Josephus (_Ant._, XX. vii. 2), Felix afterwards employed to persuade
Drusilla to leave for him her husband. King...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 8:1
_There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for
_at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated
reference to this sad episode in his life i...
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We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young
Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was
standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
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Galatians 3:1; Isaiah 44:25; Isaiah 47:9; Isaiah 8:19...
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Bewitched. Amazed, as ver. 9...
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PHILIP THE EVANGELIST
Acts 8:10
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Philip was a man mighty in word and in deed. He wrought miracles and
preached Christ, The people may have talked and marveled at the many
palsied a...
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Observe here, 1. How long. time this vile sorcerer, by God's
permission, and Stan's power, wrought these lying wonders among the
pepole: HE HAD OF. LONG TIME BEWITCHED THEM WITH SORCERIES, Acts 8:11....