Acts 8:9-11 Yet, before this, a certain man named Simon existed in the city by using magic and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be some great one,

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ Yet, before this, a certain man named Simon existed in the city by using magic and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be some great one, ¹⁰ whom they all heeded, from the small to the great, saying, "This man is the power of the god which is called Great." ¹¹ Now they heeded him because of the considerable time the magic had to amaze them.