But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:

Ανθρωπος δε τις Σιμων ονομαζομενος προυπηρχεν εν τη πολει, καμνων μαγειας και εκπληττων τον λαον της Σαμαρειας, λεγων εαυτον οτι ειναι μεγας τις·

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: