Read more about other biblical characters in The Friends and Foes of Jesus, now available in e-book, paperback, and hardcover. Does he repent and correct his wrong thinking, or does he persist in trying to follow Jesus and be a sorcerer at the same time?ĭo we ever try to mix wrong practices and beliefs along with our faith in Jesus? There was also Simon, a man of Cyrene, who was compelled to bear the cross of Jesus on the way to Calvary. In the list of apostles there is also Simon the Canaanite, or Simon the Zealot, as he is also called. There was Simon, whose surname was Peter, also called Cephas, who was one of the twelve apostles of the Lord. We don’t know what happens next to Simon. A number of 'Simons' are mentioned in the New Testament. “Please! Pray to God so that nothing bad happens to me.”īut that’s where the story ends.
Pray that God will forgive you for this wickedness in you.” Then Peter adds that he perceives Simon has a bitter heart and is a slave to evil. He wants the ability to impart Holy Spirit power too. Once there, Peter and John place their hands on the believers, and they receive Holy Spirit power.
When the leaders in Jerusalem hear about Philip’s work in Samaria, they send Peter and John to check things out.
He follows Philip everywhere, astonished by the godly supernatural power that Philip wields. People reinforce his misguided arrogance, calling him “the Great Power of God.” Some people even follow Simon because of his amazing abilities.īut when Philip, likely Philip (3), shows up and tells everyone about Jesus, they believe and are baptized. He’s a sorcerer, a wizard of sorts who amazes people with his supernatural power.
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