Acts 8:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Acts 8:6-7 : 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.
  • Acts 19:11 : 11 And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul:
  • Jas 2:19-26 : 19 You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear. 20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use? 21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them; 23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God. 24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only. 25 And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
  • Acts 8:21 : 21 You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.
  • Acts 13:44 : 44 And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.
  • Ps 78:35-37 : 35 In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour. 36 But their lips were false to him, and their tongues were untrue to him; 37 And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.
  • Ps 106:12-13 : 12 Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise. 13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,
  • Mark 16:17 : 17 And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;
  • Luke 8:13 : 13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
  • John 2:23-25 : 23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did. 24 But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all. 25 He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.
  • John 5:20 : 20 For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.
  • John 7:21 : 21 This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it.
  • John 8:30-31 : 30 When he said this a number came to have faith in him. 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;
  • Acts 3:10 : 10 And they saw that it was the man who made requests for money at the door of the Temple, and they were full of wonder and surprise at what had taken place.
  • Hab 1:5 : 5 See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.

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  • Acts 8:5-12
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    82%

    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.

    12 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.

  • Acts 8:14-15
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    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:

  • 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 8:24-25
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    72%

    24 And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.

    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.

  • Mark 1:36
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    36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

  • Acts 8:17-19
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    17 Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

    18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

    19 Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 9:42-43
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    42 And news of it went all through Joppa, and a number of people had faith in the Lord.

    43 And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

  • Acts 2:43
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    43 But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.

  • Acts 13:12
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    12 Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lord.

  • Acts 8:29-31
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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?

    31 And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

  • Acts 6:8
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    8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

  • John 1:43
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    43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

  • Luke 5:9
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    9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

  • John 8:30
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    30 When he said this a number came to have faith in him.

  • John 4:41
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    41 And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.

  • Mark 3:16
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    16 To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;

  • John 10:42
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    42 And a number came to have faith in him there.

  • 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.

  • 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 5:12
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    12 Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

  • Acts 11:13
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    13 And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

  • John 2:23
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    23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.

  • Acts 2:38
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    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 19:5
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    5 And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • 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.

  • Acts 4:13
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    13 Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

  • Acts 14:3
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    3 So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Luke 6:14
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    14 Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew

  • John 1:40
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    40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

  • Acts 11:21
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    21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.