Simon the Sorcerer
Acts 8:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
- KJV
- And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
- WEB
- Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
- ASV
- Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
- LSV
- And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit is given, brought money before them,
- YLT
- And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,
- DBY
- But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the [Holy] Spirit was given, offered them money,
- DRC
- And when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
- GNV
- And when Simon sawe, that through laying on of the Apostles hands the holy Ghost was giuen, he offred them money,
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read Ἰδὼν (“having seen”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Θεασάμενος (“having seen”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὸ ἅγιον (“the holy”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ἰδὼν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἰδὼν; Robinson–Pierpont read Θεασάμενος.
- SBLGNT: πνεῦμα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πνεῦμα; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add τὸ ἅγιον.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Σίμων ὅτι διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων δίδοται τὸ πνεῦμα προσήνεγκεν αὐτοῖς χρήματα
- RP2018
- Θεασάμενος δὲ ὁ Σίμων ὅτι διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων δίδοται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, προσήνεγκεν αὐτοῖς χρήματα,
- TR-Boyd
- Θεασάμενος δὲ ὁ Σίμων ὅτι διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων δίδοται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, προσήνεγκεν αὐτοῖς χρήματα,
- SCR1894
- θεασαμενος δε ο σιμων οτι δια της επιθεσεως των χειρων των αποστολων διδοται το πνευμα το αγιον προσηνεγκεν αυτοις χρηματα
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SimonPeterHoly SpiritSimonyMagicApostleSamariaSimon MagusMiraculous Gifts of the Holy SpiritSamaria, City of
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
- 2 Kings 8:9So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I…
- 2 Kings 5:15–16Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”…
- Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
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