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Acts 8:10

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What does Acts 8:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.
Acts 8:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7For [from] many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.
8And there was much joy in that city.
9But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.
11And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
12But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“To whom they all gave heed, etc.] Were not only attentive to the strange things he did, and to the wonderful things he gave out concerning himself; but they believed what he said and did as real things, and were obedient to him: and that from the least to the greatest; which does not so much respect age, though the Ethiopic version renders it, “from the younger of them to the eldest of them”, as state and condition; persons of every rank and quality, high and low, rich and poor, magistrates and subjects, from the meanest to the greatest of them; and so the Syriac version renders it, “both great”, or “noble, and mean”; he drew the attention, and commanded the regard, both of princes and…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“To whom all gave heed . . . because of long time he had bewitched them--This, coupled with the rapidity with which they deserted him and attached themselves to Philip, shows the ripeness of Samaria for some religious change.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The great power of God - Probably this means only that they believed that he was “invested with” the power of God, not that they supposed he was really the Great God. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they: Co2 11:19; Eph 4:14; Pe2 2:2; Rev 13:3 from: Jer 6:13, Jer 8:10, Jer 31:34; Jon 3:5 the great power: Co1 1:24 Acts 8:11”
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