Oecumenius, on Acts 8:13

“Then Simon himself believed also; and being baptized, he adhered to Philip. And being astonished, wondered to see the signs and exceeding great miracles which were done.”

“Thus Simon, although he was a magician and flattered the apostles, and although, like others, he had been baptized by Philip, who was one of the seven, he nevertheless did not receive the Holy Spirit through the laying on of the apostles' hands. What then? Did those baptized by Philip not receive the Holy Spirit? They received the Holy Spirit of remission, but they did not receive the Spirit of miracles. Therefore Simon, seeing that it is given through the laying on of hands, came to the apostles, daring to trade with him. For before he saw others receiving the Spirit of miracles he was not bold to ask. How then did Philip baptize such a man? As Christ chose also Judas. And why did they not remove him as Ananias? Because once in the old time one who gathered the wood was put to death as a chastisement to others, and no other suffered this. [CHRYSOSTOM]”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.