Acts 8:10 meaning and explanation

and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

Acts 8:10, Berean Standard Bible

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The crowds in Samaria are describing Simon, a sorcerer whose magic had astonished them for a long time. Their words do not mean they thought Simon was God himself; they were calling him the earthly embodiment of a power they revered as "the Great Power," a title used in the ancient world for a supreme divine being.

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