Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 8:13
See notes on verse 6
See notes on verse 6
Verse Acts 8:13. _SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED ALSO_] He was struck with _the_ _doctrine and miracles of Philip_-he saw that these were _real_; he knew his own to be _fictitious_. He believed therefore that...
THEN SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED ALSO - That is, he believed that Jesus had performed miracles, and was raised from the dead, etc. All this he could believe in entire consistency with his own notions of th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
BELIEVED ALSO. also believed. App-150. CONTINUED. was continuing. Greek. _proskartereo._ See note on Acts 1:14. WONDERED. was amazed, or dumbfounded. Middle of _existemi._ Compare "bewitched", Acts...
_Then_[And] _Simon himself believed also_ We can see from the history which follows that the belief here described was of a very imperfect nature. It perhaps amounted to no more than the conviction th...
Ὁ ΔῈ ΣΊΜΩΝ … ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ, _and Simon himself believed also_. We can see from the history which follows that the belief here described was of a very imperfect nature. It perhaps amounted to no more than...
PHILIP’S PREACHING IN SAMARIA AND ITS EFFECT...
_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...
ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 8:12. ΒΑΠΤΙΣΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 8:12. ΠΡΟΣΚΑΡΤΕΡΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΑΡΤΕΡΈΩ (G4342) постоянно помогать, держаться возле. Part,...
THEN SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED ALSO:— _that this Jesus who enabled Philip to do these things, was some Power superior to any he conversed with._ Perhaps as L'Enfant and Limborch conjecture, he might thin...
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...
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. THEN SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED ALSO. Left without...
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...
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...
BELIEVED] i.e. believed in the genuineness of Philip's miracles, but did not believe in God with a spiritual and saving faith. Simon as a sorcerer and conjurer was an excellent judge of alleged miracl...
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....
THEN SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED ALSO. — Endless questions have been raised as to the nature of such a faith, and the effect of such a baptism. It is probable enough that he was impressed by the signs that...
καὶ αὐτὸς : characteristic of St. Luke, see Friedrich, _Das Lucasevangelium_, p. 37. βαπτισθεὶς ἐβαπτίσθη ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐφωτίσθη (St. Cyril). ἦν προσκαρτερῶν : on ἦν with a participle as characteristic of...
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...
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...
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...
(6) Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. (6) The wicked and the highly reprobate are o...
Simon himself believed. That is, pretended to believe, that he might obtain the power of speaking in tongues, and working miracles, which was frequently imparted to the faithful at baptism. (Menochius...
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...
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...
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...
13._Simon also himself. _He which had besotted the whole city with his witchery receiveth the truth together with others. He which had boasted himself to be the principal power of God submitteth himse...
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...
THEN SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED ALSO,.... With an historical and temporary faith, as that Jesus was the Messiah, c. or at least he pretended, to believe this, and professed that he did believe, what other...
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. Ver. 13. _Simon himself believed_] As the devils...
_But when they believed Philip_, &c. When they became spectators of Philip's miracles, and were convinced that they were real, and those of Simon a mere sham; or, when they believed the doctrine that...
BELIEVED; the miracles which he witnessed seem to have convinced him of the reality of the divine power that accompanied the gospel, though he had very false ideas respecting it, and soon showed that...
THEN SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED ALSO; AND WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED, HE CONTINUED WITH PHILIP, AND WONDERED, BEHOLDING THE MIRACLES AND SIGNS WHICH WERE DONE. Luke here adds a bit of local history which makes...
The conversion of Simon:...
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...
THEN SIMON HIMSELF ALSO BELIEVED; AND WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED HE CONTINUED WITH PHILIP, AND WAS AMAZED, SEEING THE MIRACLES AND SIGNS WHICH WERE DONE. 1. Simon did three things: 1. He believed the prea...
And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed. 'SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED'- Points to Note: 'His amazement...
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...
SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED; Simon believed with an historical faith, that it was indeed true, that our Saviour had done miracles, and did rise from the dead, but his faith, to be sure, was dead all the wh...
Recognitions of Clement III For why should I further say that he once believed in our Jesus, and was persuaded that Souls are immortal?[29]...
Acts 8:13 Then G1161 Simon G4613 himself G846 also G2532 believed G4100 (G5656) and G2532 baptized G907 ...
‘And Simon also himself believed, and being baptised, he continued with Philip, and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.' ‘Also himself believed.' Simon also believed and was ba...
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...
Acts 8:13. THEN SIMON HIMSELF BELIEVED ALSO: AND WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED. It is not necessary to assume that the unhappy man was simply moved by the persuasion that Philip was a greater magician than him...
AND SIMON ALSO HIMSELF BELIEVED (Hο δε Σιμων κα αυτος επιστευσεν). Note the same verb in the aorist tense επιστευσεν. What did he believe? Evidently that Jesus was this "power of God" not himself (S...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
SIMON HIMSELF ALSO BELIEVED. Many have argued that Simon believed in the miracles, not in Christ. But we are not told this, and the Scripture makes no separation between he and the others. It is hard...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:13 Commentators differ over whether SIMON had genuine saving faith. Peter’s strong rebuke of Simon suggests that he did not (see vv. Acts 8:20)....
_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...
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...
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...
Acts 13:44; Acts 3:10; Acts 8:21; Acts 8:7; Habakkuk 1:5;...
Continued with. See on ch. Acts 1:14. Miracles and signs [σ η μ ε ι α κ α ι δ υ ν α μ ε ι ς]. Lit., signs and powers. See on Matthew 11:20; Acts 2:22. Which were done [γ ι ν ο μ ε α ς]. The present...
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...
And Simon believed — That is, was convinced of the truth....