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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.
And Saul was consenting
unto
his
death. And
at
that time
there
was
a great persecution against the church which
was
at
Jerusalem ;
and they
were all
scattered abroad
throughout the
regions
of
Judaea
and Samaria ,
except
the
apostles
.
God-fearing
men buried
Stephen and mourned
deeply
over him.
And
devout
men carried
Stephen to
his
burial,
and made
great
lamentation
over him.
But
Saul began
to
destroy
the church .
Going
from
house
to
house, he
dragged
off
men and women and
put
them in
prison.
As
for
Saul ,
he
made
havock
of
the church ,
entering
into
every
house, and
haling
men and women committed
them to
prison.
Those
who
had
been
scattered preached
the word wherever
they
went
.
Therefore
they
that
were
scattered abroad
went
every
where
preaching
the word.
Philip went down to a
city in
Samaria and proclaimed
the
Christ to
them.
Then
Philip went down to the
city of
Samaria ,
and preached
Christ unto
them.
The crowds
gave their
undivided
attention
to
Philip’s
message
and to
the signs
they
saw
him
perform
.
And
the people
with
one
accord
gave heed
unto
those
things
which
Philip
spake,
hearing
and seeing
the miracles
which
he
did
.
With loud shrieks
, unclean
spirits
came out of many who
were possessed ,
and many of
the
paralyzed
and lame were healed.
For
unclean
spirits,
crying
with loud voice
, came out of many that
were possessed with
them:
and many taken
with
palsies,
and that
were
lame ,
were healed.
So
there was great joy in that city.
And
there was great joy in that city.
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
,
But
there
was
a certain
man ,
called
Simon ,
which
beforetime
in the same
city used
sorcery,
and bewitched
the people of Samaria, giving
out
that
himself
was
some
great
one:
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. ”
To
whom
they
all gave
heed
, from the least to the greatest, saying
, This man is the great power of
God
.
They
paid
close
attention
to him because he had astounded
them for
a
long
time
with his
sorcery
.
And
to him they
had
regard,
because that
of
long
time
he had bewitched
them with sorceries
.
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.
But when they believed Philip preaching
the things
concerning
the kingdom of God ,
and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Even
Simon himself believed and was baptized .
He followed
Philip closely
and was
astounded
by
the great
signs
and
miracles he
observed
.
Then
Simon himself believed also:
and when
he
was baptized ,
he continued
with
Philip ,
and wondered,
beholding
the miracles and
signs
which
were
done
.
When the apostles in
Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to
them.
Now
when the apostles which
were
at
Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto
them
Peter and John :
On
their
arrival
, they prayed for them to
receive the Holy Spirit.
Who
, when
they were
come
down,
prayed for them ,
that
they
might
receive the Holy Ghost:
For the
Holy
Spirit
had
not
yet fallen upon any
of them ;
they had
simply
been
baptized into
the name of the Lord Jesus.
(
For as
yet he
was
fallen upon none
of them :
only
they were
baptized in
the name of the Lord Jesus. )
Then Peter
and
John
laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit
.
Then laid they
their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost
.
When Simon saw that the
Spirit
was
given
through the
laying on of the apostles ’
hands, he offered them money .
And
when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles '
hands the
Holy
Ghost
was
given
, he offered them money ,
“
Give me this power as
well
, ”
he
said,
“so
that everyone
on whom
I lay my
hands may receive the Holy Spirit
. ”
Saying,
Give me also
this power, that on whomsoever
I lay hands ,
he
may receive the Holy Ghost
.
But Peter replied
, “May
your
silver
perish with you
, because you
thought you
could
buy
the gift of God with money !
But Peter said
unto
him
, Thy
money
perish with thee
, because thou
hast
thought that
the gift of God may
be
purchased
with money .
You
have
no
part or
share
in our
ministry,
because
your
heart is not right before
God.
Thou
hast
neither
part nor
lot
in this
matter:
for
thy
heart is not right in
the
sight
of
God.
Repent ,
therefore ,
of your
wickedness, and pray to
the
Lord.
Perhaps He
will
forgive
you
for
the intent
of your
heart.
Repent therefore of this
thy
wickedness, and pray God,
if
perhaps the thought
of thine
heart may
be
forgiven
thee
.
For I see
that you
are
poisoned
by
bitterness and captive
to
iniquity. ”
For I perceive
that thou
art
in
the
gall
of
bitterness ,
and in
the
bond
of
iniquity.
Then Simon
answered, “
Pray to the Lord for me, so
that nothing
you
have said
may
happen
to
me. ”
Then answered Simon
, and
said,
Pray ye
to the LORD for me, that none
of
these
things
which
ye
have spoken
come
upon
me.
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
.
And they,
when
they
had testified and preached
the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and
preached
the gospel in many villages
of the Samaritans
.
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. ”
And
the
angel of the Lord spake
unto
Philip, saying,
Arise,
and go toward
the
south unto
the way
that goeth
down from Jerusalem unto
Gaza ,
which
is
desert
.
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,
And he arose
and
went:
and
, behold,
a man
of Ethiopia,
an
eunuch
of great
authority
under
Candace queen of the Ethiopians ,
who
had the
charge
of
all
her
treasure,
and
had
come
to Jerusalem for
to worship,
and
on
his
return
was sitting in his chariot reading
Isaiah
the prophet.
Was returning,
and
sitting in his chariot read
Esaias
the prophet.
The Spirit said to
Philip, “
Go over
to that
chariot and
stay
by
it
. ”
Then
the Spirit said unto
Philip, Go near,
and
join
thyself
to this
chariot.
So
Philip ran up
and heard the
man
reading
Isaiah
the prophet .
“Do
you
understand
what you
are
reading
? ”
Philip
asked.
And
Philip ran thither
to
him,
and heard him
read
the prophet Esaias,
and
said,
Understandest
thou
what thou
readest
?
“
How can I, ”
he
said,
“unless
someone
guides
me? ”
And he invited
Philip to
come up and sit with him.
And
he
said,
How can I, except
some
man
should
guide
me? And he desired
Philip that
he
would
come up and sit with him.
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 .
The place
of the
scripture which
he read
was this,
He
was
led as
a sheep to the slaughter ;
and like
a lamb dumb
before his
shearer, so opened
he not his mouth :
In His humiliation He
was deprived
of
justice.
Who can
recount
His descendants
? For His life was
removed
from the earth. ”
In his humiliation his
judgment
was taken
away:
and
who shall
declare
his generation
? for his life is
taken
from the earth.
“Tell
me,”
said
the eunuch, “who
is
the prophet talking
about,
himself or someone
else
? ”
And
the eunuch answered
Philip
, and
said,
I
pray
thee,
of
whom
speaketh
the prophet this?
of
himself ,
or of
some
other
man
?
Then Philip began with
this
very
Scripture and told
him the
good
news
about
Jesus.
Then Philip opened
his
mouth,
and
began at
the
same
scripture ,
and preached
unto
him Jesus.
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? ”
And
as they went
on
their
way,
they
came unto
a
certain
water :
and
the eunuch said, See
, here is water ;
what doth
hinder
me to
be
baptized?
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And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
And he gave
orders
to
stop
the chariot .
Then
both
Philip
and the
eunuch
went down into the water, and
Philip baptized him.
And he commanded
the chariot to
stand
still:
and they
went down both
into the water, both
Philip and
the
eunuch;
and
he
baptized him.
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.
And
when they were
come
up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught
away Philip
, that
the eunuch saw him no more :
and
he
went on his way rejoicing.
But Philip appeared
at Azotus and traveled
through that
region,
preaching
the
gospel
in all the towns
until
he came to Caesarea.
But Philip was
found
at Azotus :
and passing
through he
preached
in all the cities,
till
he came to Caesarea.
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