⁹ A man called Simon lived in that city. For a long time, he had used magic to do great things. All the people who lived in Samaria were very surprised at what he did. Simon told everyone that he was a very important person. ¹⁰ All the people in the city watched Simon carefully. This included the people who were important and all the other people too. Everyone said, ‘This man has great power that comes from God.’ ¹¹ Simon had used his magic for a long time and he had surprised them all very much. Because of that, they listened to him carefully.