Acts 8:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

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  • Acts 1:3 : 3 And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:
  • Acts 2:38 : 38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone. 16 He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.
  • Luke 9:2 : 2 And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.
  • Luke 9:60 : 60 But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
  • Acts 8:35-38 : 35 So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus. 36 And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism? 37 [] 38 And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.
  • Acts 16:14-15 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying. 15 And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.
  • Acts 16:31-34 : 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. 32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away. 34 And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.
  • Acts 28:31 : 31 Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.
  • Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.
  • 1 Cor 11:11 : 11 But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

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  • Acts 8:13-17
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    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.

    14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

    15 Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

    16 For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    17 Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

  • Acts 8:35-40
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    35 So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.

    36 And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

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    38 And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.

    39 And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

    40 But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.

  • Acts 19:3-7
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    3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

    4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

    5 And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    6 And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

    7 And there were about twelve of these men.

  • Acts 8:5-11
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    5 And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.

    6 And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did.

    7 For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.

    8 And there was much joy in that town.

    9 But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:

    10 To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.

    11 And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.

  • Acts 10:47-48
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    47 Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

    48 And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

    38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

  • Acts 8:25
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    25 So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.

  • Acts 5:14
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    14 And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

  • Acts 9:42
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    42 And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

  • Acts 11:16
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    16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 17:4
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    4 And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.

  • Acts 16:32-33
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    32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

    33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

  • Mark 1:8
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    8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 16:15
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    15 And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

  • Acts 2:41
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    41 Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

  • Acts 18:8
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    8 And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.

  • John 4:39
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    39 Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

  • Acts 4:4
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    4 But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

  • Acts 1:5
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    5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • Acts 17:12
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    12 And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men.

  • Acts 22:16
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    16 And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

  • Acts 8:27
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    27 And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

  • Mark 16:16
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    16 He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.

  • John 3:22
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    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • Acts 16:13
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    13 And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

  • Acts 8:29-30
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    29 And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.

    30 And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

  • Mark 6:12
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    12 And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men.