But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

But there was a man named Simon who, before this, practiced magic in the same city. He deceived the people of Samaria, claiming to be an important person.

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