They had regard; they acquiesced in what he said, and yielded obedience unto it; not only attending to his words with their ears, but with their hearts: so true is that which our Saviour says, 1 Thessalonians 5:43, If any man come in his own name, him will ye receive. These Samaritans shall rise up in judgment against most men, who do not thus regard what was said by Christ, and such as he hath sent. Bewitched them; made them as out of their wits; they were not themselves, and could not act their reason. With sorceries; such wonders as by the permission of God, and Satan's power, he did.
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Acts 8:11
11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.