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Acts 8:7-9
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7 For unclean spirits,[a] crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed,[b] and many paralyzed and lame people were healed. 8 So there was[c] great joy[d] in that city.

9 Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic[e] and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:7 sn The expression unclean spirits refers to evil supernatural spirits which were ceremonially unclean, and which caused the persons possessed by them to be ceremonially unclean.
  2. Acts 8:7 tn Grk “For [in the case of] many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out, crying in a loud voice.”
  3. Acts 8:8 tn Grk “and there came about,” but this is somewhat awkward in English.
  4. Acts 8:8 sn Great joy. The reason for eschatological joy was that such events pointed to God’s decisive deliverance (Luke 7:22-23). Note how the acts of healing extend beyond the Twelve here.
  5. Acts 8:9 tn On the idiom προϋπῆρχεν μαγεύων (proupērchen mageuōn) meaning “had been practicing magic” see BDAG 889 s.v. προϋπάρχω.
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