And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
They followed him because he'd been using magic tricks and illusions to mess with their heads for years.
Sometimes people get so used to being fooled, they forget what real power looks like.
📚 Historical Context
In the early days of the Christian church, as recorded in the Book of Acts, the apostle Philip traveled to Samaria to preach the gospel amid a region influenced by both Jewish and pagan traditions. There, the people had been captivated by a sorcerer named Simon, who used deceptive magic tricks to gain their admiration over a long period. This sorcery reflected the common cultural fascination with mystical practices in first-century Samaria, which often misled people away from true spiritual truth.
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