Verse 37
Acts 8:37
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Chapter 8 Context
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Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly
which was in Jerusa...
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Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
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But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both
men and women off to priso...
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Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
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Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
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The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken
by Philip when they heard and...
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For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came
out, crying with a loud voice....
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There was great joy in that city.
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But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practise
sorcery in the city and amazed the...
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to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This
man is that great power of...
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They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with
his sorceries.
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But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God (Elohim)’s Kingdom
and the name of...
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Simon himself also believed. Being baptised, he continued with Philip.
Seeing signs and great miracl...
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Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had received the word of God (Elohim)...
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who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive
the Holy Spirit;
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for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptised
in the name of Christ Yashua (...
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Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying
on of the apostles’ hands, he o...
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saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may
receive the Holy Spirit.”
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But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you
thought you could obtain the gi...
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You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right
before God (Elohim).
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Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God (Elohim) if perhaps the
thought of your heart...
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For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage
of iniquity.”
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Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things
which you have spoken happen to me...
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They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of
the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and...
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Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and
go towards the south to the way that...
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He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a
eunuch of great authority under Candac...
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He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet
Isaiah.
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The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this
chariot.”
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Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet,
and said, “Do you understand what you a...
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He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged
Philip to come up and sit with him...
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Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,
“He was led as a sheep to the slaugh...
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In his humiliation, his judgement was taken away.
Who will declare His generation?
For his life is t...
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The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about?
About himself, or about someone else?...
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Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached
to him about Yashua (Jesus).
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As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said,
“Behold, here is water. What...
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He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into
the water, both Philip and the...
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When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught
Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t...
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But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good
News to all the cities until h...
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