Acts 8
40;
40 Philip, however, appeared at
Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he
reached Caesarea. (4)
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36 As
they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said,
“Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” [37]
(9)
[37] Some manuscripts include here Phillip said: "If you believe with all
your heart, you may"The eunuch answerd, "I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
38 And he gave orders
to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water
and Philip baptized him.
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27 So
he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an
important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means
“queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, (9)
28 and on his way home
was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.
29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to
that chariot and stay near it.”
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18 When
Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he
offered them money (9)
19 and said, “Give me
also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy
Spirit.”
20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you
thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
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Simon the Sorcerer
9 Now
for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed
all the people of Samaria.
He boasted that he
was someone great,
(9)
10 and all the people,
both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly
called the Great Power of God.”
11 They followed him
because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.
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33 In His humiliation He was
deprived of justice. Who can speak of His descendants? For His Life was taken from the
earth.” (6) "Aged 33 at
the time of Jesus, crucified."
34 The eunuch asked
Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the
prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
35 Then Philip began with that
very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
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24 Then
Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may
happen to me.”
25 After they had
further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and
John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.
Philip and the
Ethiopian
26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes
down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
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15 When
they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the
Holy Spirit,
(6)
16 because the Holy
Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus.
17 Then Peter and John placed
their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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6 When
the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close
attention to what he said.
(6)
7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were
paralyzed or lame were healed.
8 So there was great
joy in that city.
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30 Then
Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do
you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. (3)
31 “How can I,” he said,
“unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit
with him.
32 This is the passage
of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a Sheep to the slaughter, and as a Lamb before its shearer is silent, so He did not open His
mouth.
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21 You
have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before
God.
(3)
22 Repent of this
wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having
such a thought in your heart.
23 For I see that you are full of
bitterness and captive to sin.”
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12 But
when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God
and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. (9)
13 Simon himself
believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the
great signs and miracles he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem
heard that Samaria had accepted the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to
Samaria.
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8 And Saul approved
of their killing him.
The Church
Persecuted and Scattered
On
that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all
except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
2 Godly men buried
Stephen and mourned deeply for him.
3 But
Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off
both men and women and put them in prison. (3)
Philip in Samaria
4 Those who had been scattered
preached the Word wherever they went. (Jesus preached the gospel to the whole world for 4 years.)
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