Verse 31
Acts 8:31
Darby Translation
31
And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Πῶς γὰρ ἂν δυναίμην ἐὰν μή τις ⸀ὁδηγήσει με; παρεκάλεσέν τε τὸν Φίλιππον ἀναβάντα καθίσαι σὺν αὐτῷ.
English Translation
And he said, "How could I unless someone guides me?" He invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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Chapter 8 Context
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And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against...
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And pious men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.
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But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men...
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Those then that had been scattered went through [the countries] announcing the glad tidings of the w...
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And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;
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and the crowds with one accord gave heed to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard [him] and s...
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For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were pa...
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And there was great joy in that city.
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But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the...
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To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God (Elohim) whic...
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And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts.
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But when they believed Philip announcing the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God (Elohim) and...
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And Simon also himself believed; and, having been baptised, continued constantly with Philip; and, b...
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And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God (Eloh...
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who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive [the] Holy Spirit;
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for he was not yet fallen upon any of them, only they were baptised to the name of the Lord Yashua (...
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Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received [the] Holy Spirit.
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But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the [Holy] Spirit was give...
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saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive [the]...
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And Peter said to him, Thy money go with thee to destruction, because thou hast thought that the gif...
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Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not upright before God (Elohim).
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Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and supplicate the Lord, if indeed the thought of thy heart...
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for I see thee to be in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.
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And Simon answering said, Supplicate *ye* for me to the Lord, so that nothing may come upon me of th...
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They therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and announc...
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But [the] angel of [the] Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Rise up and go southward on the way which goe...
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And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the E...
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was returning and sitting in his chariot: and he was reading the prophet Esaias.
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And the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join this chariot.
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And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what tho...
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And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and...
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And the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as...
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In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his l...
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And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet say this? of him...
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And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Yashu...
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And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; w...
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And he commanded the chariot to stop. And they went down both to the water, both Philip and the eunu...
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But when they came up out of the water [the] Spirit of [the] Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch...
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And Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he announced the glad tidings to all the cities...
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