7. For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
8. So there was great joy in that city.
9. A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and astounded the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.
10. They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God! ”
11. They were attentive to him because he had astounded them with his sorceries for a long time.