Acts 8:10 - Exposition

That power of God which is called Great for the great power of God, A.V. and T.R. That power of God , etc. The revised text inserts καλουμένη before μεγάλη . Origen says of Simon that his disciples, the Simoniaus, called him "The Power of God." ('Contra Cels.,' lib. 5:62, where see Delarue's note). According to Tertullian ('De Anima'), he gave himself out as the supreme Father, with other blasphemies. According to St. Jerome on Matthew 24:5 , he speaks of himself in different writings as the Word of God, as the Paraclete, the Almighty, the Fullness of God.