Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 8:11

11 Tāmen tīng cōng tā , yīn tā jiǔ yòng xiéshù , shǐ tāmen jīngqí .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 8:11 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:11

To him they had regard
Which is repeated from the foregoing verse, for the sake of what follows:

because that of a long time he had bewitched them with sorceries;
or because he had, it may be for many years, astonished them with his magic arts, and the pranks he played in the use of them.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 8:11 In-Context

9 Yǒu yī gèrén , míng jiào Xīmén , xiàng lái zaì nà chéng lǐ xíng xiéshù , wàng zì zūn dà , shǐ Sāmǎlìyà de bǎixìng jīngqí .

10 Wúlùn dà xiǎo , dōu tīng cōng tā , shuō , zhè rén jiù shì chēngwèi shén de dà néng zhĕ .

11 Tāmen tīng cōng tā , yīn tā jiǔ yòng xiéshù , shǐ tāmen jīngqí .

12 Jízhì tāmen xìn le féi lì suǒ chuán shén guó de fúyin , hé Yēsū Jīdū de míng , lián nán daì nǚ jiù shòu le xǐ .

13 Xīmén zìjǐ yĕ xìn le . jì shòu le xǐ , jiù cháng yǔ féi lì zaì yī chù . kànjian tā suǒ xíng de shénjī hé dà yìnéng , jiù shén jīngqí .