Acts 8:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.

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  • Acts 6:5 : 5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
  • 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 8:35-36 : 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?
  • Acts 8:40 : 40 But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.
  • Acts 17:2-3 : 2 And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings, 3 Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.
  • Matt 10:5-6 : 5 These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria, 6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
  • John 4:25-26 : 25 The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us. 26 Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.
  • Acts 1:8 : 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.
  • Acts 5:42 : 42 And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
  • 1 Cor 3:11 : 11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 8:1 : 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.
  • Acts 8:14-15 : 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:

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  • Acts 8:24-32
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    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.

    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 8:34-40
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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.

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

  • Acts 8:6-10
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    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.

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

  • Acts 8:12-15
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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;

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

  • 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.

  • Luke 9:6
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    6 And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

  • John 12:22
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    22 Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

  • Acts 21:8
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    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.

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

  • Acts 1:8
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    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.

  • Mark 1:38
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    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.

  • Acts 10:37
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    37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • Acts 11:19-20
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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.

  • Luke 4:44
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    44 And he was teaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.

  • Acts 15:3
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    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.

  • Acts 14:7
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    7 And went on preaching the good news there.

  • 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.

  • John 4:4-5
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    4 And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

    5 So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

  • Luke 8:1
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    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,

  • Acts 16:12
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    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 8:1
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    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.

  • John 6:5
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    5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • John 4:30
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    30 So they went out of the town and came to him.

  • Matt 10:5
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    5 These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

  • Luke 9:52
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    52 And he sent men before: and they came to a small town of Samaria to make ready for him.