Simon Magus

American  

noun

1. Simon.

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Simon Magus British  

noun

1. New Testament a Samaritan sorcerer, probably from Gitta, of the 1st century _ad After being converted to Christianity, he tried to buy miraculous powers from the apostles (Acts of the Apostles 8:9–24). He is also identified as the founder of a Gnostic sect

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Example Sentences

The first recorded heretic, a converted Jew named Simon Magus, tried to convince St. Peter that Christ's message could be welded to the wisdom of the Greeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Simon Magus had been driven from Antioch at the instigation of Helena, who had unbounded control over the Roman legate.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry

Simon Magus, who believed himself attended by Moloch and Beelzebub, two princes of hell, under the respective forms of a leopard and a serpent, was the most remarkable sorcerer in the time of Christ.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry

The short black hair of Simon Magus curled close to his head, and he had no beard after the fashion of his adopted country.

From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry

Dosith�eans, an ancient sect among the Samaritans, so called from their founder Dositheus, who was a contemporary and associate of Simon Magus, and lived in the first century of the Christian era.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various