Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
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 Act 8:1 |
And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. |
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Act 8:2 |
Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. |
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Act 8:3 |
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. |
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Act 8:4 |
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. |
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Act 8:5 |
Philip went down to the city [fn] of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. |
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Act 8:6 |
And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. |
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Act 8:7 |
For unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. |
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Act 8:8 |
So there was much joy in that city. |
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Act 8:9 |
But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. |
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Act 8:10 |
They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called Great." |
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Act 8:11 |
And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. |
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Act 8:12 |
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. |
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Act 8:13 |
Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles [fn] performed, he was amazed. |
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Act 8:14 |
Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, |
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Act 8:15 |
who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, |
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Act 8:16 |
for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. |
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Act 8:17 |
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. |
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Act 8:18 |
Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, |
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Act 8:19 |
saying, "Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." |
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Act 8:20 |
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! |
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Act 8:21 |
"You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. |
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Act 8:22 |
"Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. |
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Act 8:23 |
"For I see that you are in the gall [fn] of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity." |
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Act 8:24 |
And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me." |
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Act 8:25 |
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. |
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Act 8:26 |
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south [fn] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert place. |
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Act 8:27 |
And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship |
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Act 8:28 |
and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. |
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Act 8:29 |
And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot." |
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Act 8:30 |
So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" |
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Act 8:31 |
And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. |
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Act 8:32 |
Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. |
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Act 8:33 |
"In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth." |
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Act 8:34 |
And the eunuch said to Philip, "About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?" |
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Act 8:35 |
Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. |
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Act 8:36 |
And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?" [fn] |
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Act 8:37 |
Omitted from the ESV. See the  button or the footnotes for additional information.
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Act 8:38 |
And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. |
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Act 8:39 |
And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. |
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Act 8:40 |
But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea. |
ESV Footnotes:
- (8:5) Some manuscripts a city
- (8:13) Greek works of power
- (8:23) That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile
- (8:26) Or go at about noon
- (8:36) Some manuscripts add all or most of verse 37: And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he replied, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
