Acts 8:35

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Then Philip began to speak, and starting from this Scripture, he preached to him the good news about Jesus.

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  • Luke 24:27 : 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
  • Acts 18:28 : 28 For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.
  • Matt 5:2 : 2 He opened his mouth and began to teach them, saying:
  • Acts 28:23 : 23 They arranged to meet with him on a certain day, and many came to the place where he was staying. From morning until evening, Paul was explaining and testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them about Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles,
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
  • 2 Cor 6:11 : 11 We have spoken openly to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open.
  • Eph 4:21 : 21 if indeed you have heard him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 They inquired into what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things even angels long to look into.
  • Acts 19:13 : 13 Some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those possessed by evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches."
  • Acts 26:22-23 : 22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen: 23 that the Messiah must suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the light of the gospel to our people and to the Gentiles.
  • Luke 24:44-47 : 44 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms." 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, "This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. 47 And repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • Acts 3:20 : 20 So that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, who has been appointed for you as the Christ.
  • Acts 5:42 : 42 Every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 Immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter began to speak: 'Now I truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and also began speaking to the Greeks, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 17:2-3 : 2 According to his custom, Paul went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures. 3 He explained and presented evidence that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, 'This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.'
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, 'What is this babbler trying to say?' Others remarked, 'He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,' because he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 8:34
    84%

    34The eunuch said to Philip, 'I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?'

  • Acts 8:36-40
    5 verses
    83%

    36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'Look, here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?'

    37Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' The eunuch answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'

    38He ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

    39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

    40Philip, however, was found at Azotus, and as he traveled, he preached the good news in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

  • Acts 8:24-32
    9 verses
    83%

    24Then Simon answered, 'Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.'

    25When they had testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the good news to many Samaritan villages.

    26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' (This is a desert road.)

    27So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and an important official in charge of all the treasury of the queen of the Ethiopians, known as Candace, who had gone to Jerusalem to worship.

    28He was on his way home, sitting in his chariot and reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

    29The Spirit said to Philip, 'Go up to that chariot and stay near it.'

    30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?'

    31The man replied, 'How can I understand unless someone guides me?' And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

    32The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.'

  • Acts 8:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4Those who had been scattered went about spreading the good news of the word.

    5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.

    6The crowds, united in one mind, paid close attention to what Philip was saying as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

  • John 1:43-46
    4 verses
    75%

    43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, He said to him, 'Follow Me.'

    44Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

    45Philip found Nathanael and told him, 'We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and so did the prophets: Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.'

    46'Can anything good come out of Nazareth?' Nathanael asked. Philip said to him, 'Come and see.'

  • John 12:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

    22Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

  • Acts 8:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

    13Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip, and he marveled as he watched the signs and miracles that were happening.

    14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

  • Luke 24:27
    72%

    27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

  • Acts 10:37
    71%

    37You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached—

  • John 6:5
    69%

    5When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, 'Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?'

  • Luke 24:45
    68%

    45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

  • Acts 21:8
    68%

    8The next day, we left and went to Caesarea. There we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the seven, and stayed with him.

  • John 14:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8Philip said to him, 'Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.'

    9Jesus said to him, 'Philip, have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?'

  • Luke 4:17
    68%

    17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

  • Luke 24:32
    67%

    32They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"

  • John 1:37
    67%

    37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

  • Mark 1:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

  • Acts 1:1
    67%

    1In my first account, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach.

  • John 9:26
    67%

    26Then they asked him, 'What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?'

  • Acts 22:8
    67%

    8I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’

  • Acts 18:25
    67%

    25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

  • Acts 17:3
    67%

    3He explained and presented evidence that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, 'This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.'

  • Acts 19:5
    67%

    5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Matt 3:13
    66%

    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

  • Luke 3:18
    66%

    18And in many other ways, with various exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people.

  • Acts 11:4
    66%

    4But Peter began to explain it to them step by step, saying:

  • Acts 19:3
    66%

    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

  • Acts 13:24
    66%

    24Before His coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.