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Acts 8
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Text Words Connections Compare Context Current outline context Introduction 1:1–26 The Ascension 1:6–11 Matthias Replaces Judas 1:12–26 Witnesses in Jerusalem 2:1–8:3 Pentecost 2:1–47 The Holy Spirit at Pentecost 2:1–13 Peter Addresses the Crowd 2:14–36 Three Thousand Believe 2:37–41 The Fellowship of Believers 2:42–47 The Early Church in Jerusalem 3:1–8:3 A Lame Man Walks 3:1–10 Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade 3:11–26 Peter and John before the Sanhedrin 4:1–12 The Name Forbidden 4:13–22 The Believer’s Prayer 4:23–31 Sharing among Believers 4:32–37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1–11 The Apostles Heal Many 5:12–16 The Apostles Arrested and Freed 5:17–23 The Apostles before the Sanhedrin 5:24–32 Gamaliel’s Advice 5:33–42 Early Persecutions 6:1–8:3 The Arrest of Stephen 6:8–15 Stephen’s Defense 7:1–53 Patriarchal Narratives 7:1–19 The Call of Abraham 7:1–8 Joseph Sold into Egypt 7:9–14 Israel Oppressed in Egypt 7:15–19 Moses Narrative 7:20–38 The Birth and Adoption of Moses 7:20–22 The Rejection and Flight of Moses 7:23–29 The Call of Moses 7:30–38 The Rebellion of Israel 7:39–43 The Tabernacle of the Testimony 7:44–50 The Accused becomes the Accuser 7:51–53 The Stoning of Stephen 7:54–60 Witnesses in Judea and Samaria 8:4–12:25 Philip’s Ministry 8:4–40 Philip Goes to Samaria 8:4–8 Simon the Sorcerer 8:9–25 Philip and the Ethiopian 8:26–40
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And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
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God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
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But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
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Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
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Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
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The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.
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With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.
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So there was great joy in that city.
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Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
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and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
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They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
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But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
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Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
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When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
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On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
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For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
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“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
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But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
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You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
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Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
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For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
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Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
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And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.
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Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
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So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
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and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
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The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
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So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
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“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
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In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
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“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
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Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
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As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
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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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When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
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But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
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