Acts 8:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Acts 10:1 : 1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.
  • Acts 25:4 : 4 But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.
  • Acts 23:23 : 23 And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:
  • Acts 23:33 : 33 And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him.
  • 1 Sam 5:1 : 1 Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
  • Zech 9:6 : 6 And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.
  • Luke 10:1-2 : 1 Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. 2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.
  • Acts 8:25 : 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 21:16 : 16 And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living.
  • Acts 10:24 : 24 And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.
  • Acts 12:19 : 19 And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.
  • Acts 25:1 : 1 So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
  • Josh 15:46-47 : 46 From Ekron to the sea, all the towns by the side of Ashdod, with their unwalled places. 47 Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.
  • Acts 25:6 : 6 And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.
  • Acts 25:13 : 13 Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.
  • Rom 15:19 : 19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

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  • Acts 8:34-39
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    34 And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?

    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.

  • Acts 8:4-8
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    4 But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.

    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.

  • Acts 8:25-32
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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.

    26 But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land.

    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;

    28 He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

    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.

    32 Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

  • Acts 21:7-8
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    7 And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.

    8 And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

  • John 1:43-44
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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.

    44 Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.

  • Acts 8:12-14
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    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.

    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;

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    11 So, from Troas we went straight by ship to Samothrace and the day after to Neapolis;

    12 And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

  • Acts 9:30-32
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    30 And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

    31 And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

    32 And it came about that while Peter was going through all parts of the country he came to the saints who were living at Lydda.

  • 3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

  • 6 And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

  • 27 And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

  • 1 And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

  • 8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

  • 22 Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

  • 8 And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

  • 38 And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came.

  • 22 And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

  • 7 And went on preaching the good news there.

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    19 Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

    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.

  • 1 And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:

  • 28 And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem,

  • 1 And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

  • 10 And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

  • 2 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

  • 10 In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

  • 19 And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.