Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
That power of God which is called Great (h Dunamiv tou qeou h kaloumenh Megalh). Apparently here already the oriental doctrine of emanations or aeons so rampant in the second century. This "power" was considered a spark of God himself and Jerome (in Mat. 24) quotes Simon (Page) as saying: Ego sum sermo Dei, ... ego omnipotens, ego omnia Dei. Simon claimed to impersonate God.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 8:10:
Acts 8:6
Acts 26:22
1 Timothy 1:4
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