![]() ![]() Scripture’s portrait of Simon ends with him begging Peter to pray to the Lord on his behalf, hoping to escape the consequences of the condemnation Peter levied against him (v. 1 When he tried to purchase it from the apostle Peter, he earned one of the most severe rebukes found in the New Testament (vv. 13).Īfter noticing the apostles’ powerful, supernatural ability to bestow the Holy Spirit on believers in Samaria through the laying-on of hands, Simon began to lust after the same power (vv. Luke, the human author of Acts, noted, “Then Simon himself also believed and when he was baptized he continued with Philip” (v. When Philip preached Jesus Christ, Simon’s followers left him, believed in the Savior, and began to be baptized. While Philip the evangelist preached the gospel throughout Samaria, he met a man named Simon, a magician whose dark practice of the magical arts had astonished many and gained him a wide audience. With that prologue, however, let me say that there is a true mystery in Acts 8. Many, I presume, are simply wild speculations by those who lack serious belief in Scripture’s inerrancy and divine inspiration. ![]() Prince of Heresy: The Mystery of Simon of SamariaĪuthors always seem quick to entice readers with the promise of revealing the real truth behind some Bible “mystery.” When I last checked for books with both the words mystery and Bible in the titles, I found no fewer than 1,959.
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