Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 assenting
to his
death ,
and
there
came
in
that day a great persecution upon
the assembly
in Jerusalem, all also
were scattered abroad
in
the
regions
of
Judea and Samaria ,
except
the
apostles;
God-fearing
men buried
Stephen and mourned
deeply
over him .
and
devout
men carried
away
Stephen ,
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 .
and
Saul was
making
havoc
of
the assembly,
into
every
house entering
, and
haling
men and women ,
was
giving
them up
to
prison ;
Those
who
had
been scattered preached
the word wherever
they
went
.
they
then
indeed,
having
been scattered ,
went
abroad
proclaiming
good
news
--
the word.
Philip went
down to a city in
Samaria and
proclaimed
the
Christ
to them .
And
Philip having
gone
down to a city of
Samaria ,
was
preaching
to them the
Christ,
The crowds
gave
their
undivided
attention
to Philip’s
message
and to
the signs they
saw
him
perform.
the multitudes
also
were
giving
heed
to the
things
spoken
by
Philip,
with
one
accord,
in
their
hearing
and seeing
the signs that
he
was
doing,
With
loud
shrieks,
unclean spirits came out
of
many who were possessed, and many of
the
paralyzed
and lame were healed .
for
unclean spirits came forth
from
many who were possessed, crying
with
a
loud
voice,
and many who
have
been
paralytic
and 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,
And
a certain
man ,
by
name
Simon ,
was
before
in the city using
magic,
and amazing
the nation
of Samaria ,
saying
himself
to be a
certain
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
were
all giving
heed
, from small
unto
great
, saying
, `
This one
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
they were
giving
heed
to him ,
because of
his
having
for a long time amazed
them
with deeds
of
magic
.
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 .
And
when they believed Philip ,
proclaiming
good
news,
the things
concerning
the reign
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
.
and
Simon also
himself did
believe,
and ,
having
been
baptized ,
he was continuing
with
Philip,
beholding
also
signs and mighty
acts
being
done,
he was
amazed
.
When
the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they
sent
Peter and John to
them.
And
the apostles in Jerusalem having
heard that Samaria hath
received the word of God, did
send
unto
them
Peter and John ,
On
their
arrival
, they prayed
for
them
to
receive the Holy Spirit .
who
having
come
down
did
pray
concerning
them
, that
they may
receive the Holy Spirit ,
--
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 ,
and
only
they have
been baptized --
to
the name of the Lord Jesus ;
Then Peter
and
John
laid
their
hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
then were
they
laying
hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
When
Simon saw
that the
Spirit
was
given
through the laying on of the apostles’
hands, he
offered
them money .
And
Simon ,
having
beheld
that through the laying on of the hands of
the
apostles
, the
Holy
Spirit
is
given,
brought
before
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 also
to
me this authority
, that on whomsoever
I may
lay the
hands ,
he
may receive the Holy Spirit. '
But
Peter replied
, “May
your
silver perish
with you,
because you
thought
you
could
buy
the gift of God with
money !
And
Peter said
unto
him
, `Thy
silver with thee
--
may
it
be
to
destruction!
because the gift of God thou
didst
think
to
possess
through
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
thing
, for
thy
heart is not right before God ;
Repent
, therefore, of
your
wickedness, and pray
to
the
Lord.
Perhaps
He
will
forgive
you
for
the intent
of your
heart .
reform
, therefore, from
this
thy
wickedness, and beseech
God,
if
then
the purpose
of thy
heart may
be
forgiven
thee,
For I
see
that
you
are
poisoned
by
bitterness and captive
to
iniquity
. ”
for in
the
gall
of
bitterness ,
and bond
of
unrighteousness,
I
perceive
thee
being
. '
Then
Simon answered
, “Pray
to
the
Lord
for me, so
that nothing you
have
said
may happen
to
me. ”
And
Simon answering
, said,
`Beseech
ye
for me unto
the
Lord
, that nothing may come
upon
me of
the
things
ye
have
spoken
. '
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
.
They
indeed,
therefore,
having
testified fully,
and spoken the word of the Lord, did
turn
back
to Jerusalem ;
in many villages
also
of the Samaritans
they
did
proclaim
good
news
.
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
a
messenger
of the Lord spake
unto
Philip, saying,
`Arise,
and go on
toward
the
south ,
on
the way
that is
going
down from Jerusalem to Gaza ,'
--
this
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
having
arisen,
he went
on
, and lo,
a
man
of
Ethiopia,
a
eunuch, a man
of rank,
of Candace the
queen of the Ethiopians ,
who
was
over
all
her
treasure,
who
had come
to worship to
Jerusalem;
and
on
his
return
was sitting in
his chariot reading Isaiah
the prophet.
he
was also
returning,
and
is
sitting on
his chariot ,
and
he
was
reading the prophet Isaiah
.
The Spirit said to Philip, “
Go over
to that
chariot and
stay
by
it.”
And
the Spirit said to Philip, `
Go near,
and
be
joined
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
having
run
near,
heard him
reading the prophet Isaiah,
and
said,
`Dost
thou
then
know
what thou
dost
read
? '
“How
can
I,”
he said, “unless
someone
guides
me? ”
And
he invited
Philip to
come up and
sit with him.
and
he said, `Why,
how
am
I
able,
if
some
one
may
not
guide
me? '
he called
Philip also,
having
come up ,
to
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 .
And
the contents
of
the
Writing
that
he
was reading was
this: `As
a sheep unto
slaughter he
was
led
, and as a lamb before his
shearer dumb
, so he doth
not open 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
his generation
--
who
shall
declare
? because
taken
from the earth is
his
life
. '
“Tell
me,”
said
the eunuch, “who
is
the prophet talking
about ,
himself or someone
else
? ”
And
the eunuch answering
Philip
said
, `I
pray
thee,
about
whom
doth
the prophet say
this?
about himself ,
or about
some
other
one
? '
Then
Philip began
with
this
very
Scripture
and told
him
the
good news about
Jesus.
and
Philip having
opened
his
mouth,
and having
begun
from
this
Writing,
proclaimed
good news to
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 were
going
on
the way,
they
came upon
a
certain
water, and
the eunuch said, `Lo
, water ;
what doth
hinder
me to
be
baptized? '
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`And Philip said, `If thou dost believe out of all the heart, it is lawful;' and he answering said, `I believe Jesus Christ to be 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
both
went down to
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 came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught
away Philip
, and the eunuch saw him no more, for
he
was
going
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
.
and
Philip was
found
at Azotus ,
and passing
through, he
was
proclaiming
good
news
to
all the cities,
till
his
coming
to Cesarea
.
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