| 8 | Acts | ||
| 1 | And Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. | Saul Persecutes the Church Ac.8.1-3 (Jerusalem) - | |
| 2 | Devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. | ||
| 3 | But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. | ||
| 4 | Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. | The Gospel Preached in Samaria Ac.8.4-25 (Samaria) - | |
| 5 | Philip went down to a city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ. | ||
| 6 | And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs which he did. | ||
| 7 | For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice; and many who were paralysed or lame were healed. | ||
| 8 | So there was much joy in that city. | ||
| 9 | But there was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the nation of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. | ||
| 10 | They all gave heed to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that power of God which is called Great." | ||
| 11 | And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. | ||
| 12 | But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. | ||
| 13 | Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed. | ||
| 14 | Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, | ||
| 15 | who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; | ||
| 16 | for it had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. | ||
| 17 | Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. | ||
| 18 | Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, | ||
| 19 | saying, "Give me also this power, that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." | ||
| 20 | But Peter said to him, "Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! | ||
| 21 | You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. | ||
| 22 | Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. | ||
| 23 | For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity." | ||
| 24 | And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me." | ||
| 25 | Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. | ||
| 26 | But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road. | Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch Ac.8.26-40 (Gaza Road, Judaea) - | |
| 27 | And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a minister of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship | ||
| 28 | and was returning; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. | ||
| 29 | And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot." | ||
| 30 | So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" | ||
| 31 | And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. | ||
| 32 | Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this: or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. | - As a sheep led to the slaughter Ac.8.32-33 - Is.53.7-8 | |
| 33 | In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth." | ||
| 34 | And the eunuch said to Philip, "About whom, pray, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?" | ||
| 35 | Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus. | ||
| 36 | And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?" | ||
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| 38 | And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. | ||
| 39 | And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught up Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. | ||
| 40 | But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing on he preached the gospel to all the towns till he came to Caesarea. | ||
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