Verse 13
Acts 8:13
Bible in Basic English
13
And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ Σίμων καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπίστευσεν, καὶ βαπτισθεὶς ἦν προσκαρτερῶν τῷ Φιλίππῳ, θεωρῶν τε ⸂σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας γινομένας⸃ ἐξίστατο.
English Translation
And Simon himself believed, and having been baptized, he was closely following Philip, watching the signs and great miracles taking place.
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Chapter 8 Context
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And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the churc...
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And God (Elohim)-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over...
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But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women a...
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But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.
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And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.
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And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he d...
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For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of thos...
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And there was much joy in that town.
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But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of sur...
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To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power o...
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And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them unde...
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But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God (Elohim) and the n...
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And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and t...
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Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God (El...
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Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:
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For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name...
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Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.
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Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made...
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Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.
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But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is f...
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You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God (Elohim).
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Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God (Elohim) that you may have forgiveness for your ev...
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For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.
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And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said...
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So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giv...
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But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Je...
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And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of th...
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He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.
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And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.
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And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the s...
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And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
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Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to de...
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Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his lif...
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And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or...
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So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Yashua (Jesus).
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And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here i...
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And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and...
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And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian s...
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