Acts 8:12

American Standard Version (1901)

But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 1:3 : 3 To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
  • Acts 2:38 : 38 And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added [unto them] in that day about three thousand souls.
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
  • Luke 9:2 : 2 And he sent them forth to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
  • Luke 9:60 : 60 But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;
  • Acts 8:35-38 : 35 And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 (Ommitted) 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 16:14-15 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there] . And she constrained us.
  • Acts 16:31-34 : 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house. 32 And they spake the word of the Lord unto him, with all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately. 34 And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall see my face no more.
  • Acts 28:31 : 31 preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.
  • Rom 10:10 : 10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
  • 1 Cor 11:11 : 11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 8:13-17
    5 verses
    82%

    13And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.

    14Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

    15who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

    16for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

    17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 8:35-40
    6 verses
    79%

    35And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus.

    36And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

    37(Ommitted)

    38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

    39And 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 went on his way rejoicing.

    40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

  • Acts 19:3-7
    5 verses
    76%

    3And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

    4And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.

    5And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

    6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

    7And they were in all about twelve men.

  • Acts 8:5-11
    7 verses
    75%

    5And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.

    6And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did.

    7For [from] many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.

    8And there was much joy in that city.

    9But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

    10to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.

    11And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

  • Acts 10:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

    48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

  • Acts 2:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?

    38And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 8:25
    71%

    25They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

  • Acts 5:14
    70%

    14and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;

  • Acts 9:42
    69%

    42And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.

  • Acts 11:16
    69%

    16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 17:4
    68%

    4And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas, and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

  • Acts 16:32-33
    2 verses
    68%

    32And they spake the word of the Lord unto him, with all that were in his house.

    33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.

  • Mark 1:8
    68%

    8I baptized you in water; But he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 16:15
    68%

    15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there] . And she constrained us.

  • Acts 2:41
    68%

    41They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added [unto them] in that day about three thousand souls.

  • Acts 18:8
    68%

    8And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

  • John 4:39
    68%

    39And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that [ever] I did.

  • Acts 4:4
    68%

    4But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

  • Acts 1:5
    67%

    5For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

  • Acts 17:12
    67%

    12Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.

  • Acts 22:16
    67%

    16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

  • Acts 8:27
    67%

    27And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;

  • Mark 16:16
    67%

    16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

  • John 3:22
    67%

    22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

  • Acts 16:13
    67%

    13And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

  • Acts 8:29-30
    2 verses
    67%

    29And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

    30And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

  • Mark 6:12
    66%

    12And they went out, and preached that [men] should repent.