Acts 8
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Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and a they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
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And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and b made great lamentation over him.
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As for Saul, c he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
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Therefore d those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
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Then e Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
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And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
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For f unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
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And there was great joy in that city.
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But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously g practiced sorcery in the city and h astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great,
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to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the great power of God."
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And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time.
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But when they believed Philip as he preached the things i concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.
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Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.
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Now when the j apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
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who, when they had come down, prayed for them k that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
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For l as yet He had fallen upon none of them. m They had only been baptized in n the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Then o they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
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saying, "Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit."
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But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because p you thought that q the gift of God could be purchased with money!
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"You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your r heart is not right in the sight of God.
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"Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God s if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
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"For I see that you are t poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity."
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Then Simon answered and said, u "Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me."
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So when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
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Now an angel of the Lord spoke to v Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert.
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So he arose and went. And behold, w a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and x had come to Jerusalem to worship,
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was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet.
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Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go near and overtake this chariot."
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So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
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And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
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The place in the Scripture which he read was this:
y "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
z So He opened not His mouth.
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In His humiliation His a justice was taken away,
And who will declare His generation?
For His life is b taken from the earth."
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So the eunuch answered Philip and said, "I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?"
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Then Philip opened his mouth, c and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.
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Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, "See, here is water. d What hinders me from being baptized?"
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Then Philip said, e "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, f "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
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So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.
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Now when they came up out of the water, g the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.
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But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to h Caesarea.
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John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.
Acts 8:4
Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
Acts 11:19
Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only.
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Genesis 23:2
So Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
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Acts 7:58
And they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.
Philippians 3:6
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
1 Timothy 1:13
Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
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Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Acts 6:5
And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.
Acts 8:26
Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert.
Acts 8:30
So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?
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Mark 16:17
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues.
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Acts 8:11
And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time.
Acts 13:6
Now when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was BarJesus.
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Acts 5:36
For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was slain, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing.
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Acts 1:3
To whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Acts 8:4
Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
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Acts 5:12
And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch.
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts 5:40
And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
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Acts 2:38
Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 19:2
He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" So they said to him, "We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.
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Acts 19:2
He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" So they said to him, "We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.
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Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:38
Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 10:48
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.
Acts 19:5
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Acts 6:6
Whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.
Acts 19:6
And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
Hebrews 6:2
Of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
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2 Kings 5:16
But he said, " As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive nothing." And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
Isaiah 55:1
Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.
Daniel 5:17
Then Daniel answered, and said before the king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
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Acts 2:38
Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 10:45
And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
Acts 11:17
"If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?"
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Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
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Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.
2 Timothy 2:25
In humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth.
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Hebrews 12:15
Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.
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Genesis 20:7
"Now therefore, restore the man's wife; for he ...
Genesis 20:17
So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimel...
Exodus 8:8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and sa...
Numbers 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, "...
1 Kings 13:6
Then the king answered and said to the man of G...
Job 42:8
"Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls...
James 5:16
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pra...
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Acts 6:5
And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.
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Psalms 68:31
Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
Psalms 87:4
"I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me; Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia: 'This one was born there.'"
Isaiah 56:3
Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; Nor let the eunuch say, "Here I am, a dry tree.
Zephaniah 3:10
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, The daughter of My dispersed ones, Shall bring My offering.
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1 Kings 8:41
Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name's sake
1 Kings 8:42
(for they will hear of Your great name and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this temple.
John 12:20
Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.
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Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
Isaiah 53:8
He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
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Matthew 26:62
And the high priest arose and said to Him, "Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?
Matthew 26:63
But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, "I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!
Matthew 27:12
And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.
Matthew 27:14
But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
John 19:9
And went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
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Luke 23:1 - 25
Then the whole multitude of them arose and led Him to Pilate.
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Luke 23:33 - 46
And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
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Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
Acts 17:2
Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures.
Acts 18:28
For he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 28:23
So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening.
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Acts 10:47
"Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"
Acts 16:33
And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.
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Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Mark 16:16
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Romans 10:9
That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:10
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 6:69
"Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
John 9:35
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?
John 9:38
Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him.
John 11:27
She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.
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1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.
2 Kings 2:16
Then they said to him, "Look now, there are fifty strong men with your servants. Please let them go and search for your master, lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley." And he said, "You shall not send anyone.
Ezekiel 3:12
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: "Blessed is the glory of the LORD from His place!
Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:2
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago - whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows - such a one was caught up to the third heaven.
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Acts 21:8
On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
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