Kisah Para Rasul 8:6-7

8:6 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, ¹  as they heard and saw the miraculous signs ²  he was performing. 8:7 For unclean spirits, ³  crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, ⁴  and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

Kisah Para Rasul 8:13

8:13 Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to ⁵  Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed. ⁶ 

[8:6]  ¹ tn Grk “to what was being said by Philip,” a passive construction that has been changed to active voice in the translation.

[8:6]  ² tn Here the following context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned. This term appears 13 times in Acts, but only twice more after Acts 8:13 (i.e., 14:3; 15:12).

[8:7]  ³ sn The expression unclean spirits refers to evil supernatural spirits which were ceremonially unclean, and which caused the persons possessed by them to be ceremonially unclean.

[8:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “For [in the case of] many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out, crying in a loud voice.”

[8:13]  ⁵ tn Or “he kept close company with.”

[8:13]  ⁶ sn He was amazed. Now Simon, the one who amazed others, is himself amazed, showing the superiority of Philip’s connection to God. Christ is better than anything the culture has to offer.