Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 8:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
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Quick Meaning
Reports Simon's belief, baptism, continued presence, and amazement.
Read It With
- Acts 8:9–8:13
Acts 8:13 reports Simon's belief, baptism, continued presence, and amazement; within Acts 8:9–8:13, the controlling movement is that Simon had amazed the city and received exalted attention, but the people believe Philip's kingdom proclamation and are baptized; Simon also believes, is baptized, and follows in amazement.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Reports Simon's belief, baptism, continued presence, and amazement. This precise contribution belongs inside “Simon responds after losing the crowd's allegiance” because Simon had amazed the city and received exalted attention, but the people believe Philip's kingdom proclamation and are baptized; Simon also believes, is baptized, and follows in amazement.
What Remains True
Because Acts 8:13 reports Simon's belief, baptism, continued presence, and amazement, faithful witness must preserve the verse's speaker, narrated setting, people affected, and the full movement of Acts 8:9–8:13 before drawing an enduring claim.
How It Can Shape Life
- For Acts 8:13, first identify this verse role—reports Simon's belief, baptism, continued presence, and amazement; then explain the contextual meaning in Acts 8:9–8:13; preserve the proportionate truth about accountable witness; finally apply this boundary: The episode does not prove that baptism is fake whenever later sin appears, or that charismatic reputation verifies divine power.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 8:9–8:13 — Simon responds after losing the crowd's allegianceSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 8:9–8:13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 8:9-8:13
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 8:9-8:13
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 8:9–8:13
Open source ↗