Acts 8:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

But assoone as they beleeued Philip, which preached the thinges that concerned the kingdome of God, and the Name of Iesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.

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  • Acts 1:3 : 3 To whome also he presented himselfe aliue after that he had suffered, by many infallible tokens, being seene of them by the space of fourtie daies, and speaking of those thinges which appertaine to the kingdome of God.
  • Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter said vnto them, Amend your liues, and bee baptized euery one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes: and ye shall receiue the gift of the holy Ghost.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then they that gladly receiued his word, were baptized: and the same day there were added to the Church about three thousand soules.
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 Go therefore, & teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Sonne, and the holy Ghost,
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 Whereof the baptisme that nowe is, answering that figure, (which is not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but a confident demaunding which a good conscience maketh to God) saueth vs also by the resurrection of Iesus Christ,
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he saide vnto them, Goe ye into all the worlde, and preach the Gospel to euery creature. 16 He that shall beleeue and be baptized, shalbe saued: but he that will not beleeue, shalbe damned.
  • Luke 9:2 : 2 And hee sent them foorth to preach the kingdome of God, and to cure the sicke.
  • Luke 9:60 : 60 And Iesus said vnto him, Let the dead burie their dead: but go thou, and preache the kingdome of God.
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 Also the number of them that beleeued in the Lord, both of men and women, grewe more and more)
  • Acts 8:35-38 : 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, & preached vnto him Iesus. 36 And as they went on their way, they came vnto a certaine water, and the Eunuche said, See, here is water: what doeth let me to be baptized? 37 And Philippe said vnto him, If thou beleeuest with all thine heart, thou mayest. Then he answered, and saide, I beleeue that that Iesus Christ is that Sonne of God. 38 Then he commaunded the charet to stand stil: & they went downe both into the water, both Philip and the Eunuche, and he baptized him.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 Now some of them were men of Cyprus and of Cyrene, which when they were come into Antiochia, spake vnto the Grecians, and preached the Lord Iesus.
  • Acts 16:14-15 : 14 And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake. 15 And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithfull to ye Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained vs.
  • Acts 16:31-34 : 31 And they saide, Beleeue in the Lorde Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saued, & thine houshold. 32 And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house. 33 Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 And Crispus the chiefe ruler of the Synagogue, beleeued in the Lorde with all his housholde: and many of the Corinthians hearing it, beleeued and were baptized.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 Witnessing both to the Iewes, and to the Grecians the repentance towarde God, and faith toward our Lord Iesus Christ.
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 And now behold, I know that henceforth ye all, through whome I haue gone preaching the kingdome of God, shall see my face no more.
  • Acts 28:31 : 31 Preaching the kingdome of God, and teaching those things which concerne the Lord Iesus Christ, with all boldnesse of speache, without let.
  • Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart man beleeueth vnto righteousnes, and with the mouth man confesseth to saluation.
  • 1 Cor 11:11 : 11 Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Iewe nor Grecian: there is neither bonde nor free: there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Iesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 8:13-17
    5 verses
    82%

    13Then Simon himselfe beleeued also and was baptized, and continued with Philippe, and wondred, when he sawe the signes and great miracles which were done.

    14Nowe when the Apostles, which were at Hierusalem, heard say, that Samaria had receiued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn.

    15Which whe they were come downe, prayed for them, that they might receiue the holy Ghost.

    16(For as yet, hee was fallen downe on none of them, but they were baptized onely in the Name of the Lord Iesus.)

    17Then layd they their handes on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.

  • Acts 8:35-40
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    79%

    35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, & preached vnto him Iesus.

    36And as they went on their way, they came vnto a certaine water, and the Eunuche said, See, here is water: what doeth let me to be baptized?

    37And Philippe said vnto him, If thou beleeuest with all thine heart, thou mayest. Then he answered, and saide, I beleeue that that Iesus Christ is that Sonne of God.

    38Then he commaunded the charet to stand stil: & they went downe both into the water, both Philip and the Eunuche, and he baptized him.

    39And assoone as they were come vp out of the water, the Spirit of the Lorde caught away Philip, that the Eunuche sawe him no more: so he went on his way reioycing.

    40But Philippe was found at Azotus, and he walked to and fro preaching in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.

  • Acts 19:3-7
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    76%

    3And he said vnto them, Vnto what were ye then baptized? And they saide, Vnto Iohns baptisme.

    4Then saide Paul, Iohn verely baptized with the baptisme of repentance, saying vnto the people, that they shoulde beleeue in him, which should come after him, that is, in Christ Iesus.

    5And when they heard it, they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Iesus.

    6So Paul layde his handes vpon them, and the holy Ghost came on them, and they spake the tongues, and prophecied.

    7And all the men were about twelue.

  • Acts 8:5-11
    7 verses
    75%

    5Then came Philip into the citie of Samaria, and preached Christ vnto them.

    6And the people gaue heed vnto those things which Philippe spake, with one accorde, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

    7For vncleane spirits crying with a loud voyce, came out of many that were possessed of them: and many taken with palsies, & that halted, were healed.

    8And there was great ioy in that citie.

    9And there was before in the citie a certaine man called Simon, which vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he himselfe was some great man.

    10To whome they gaue heede from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that great power of God.

    11And they gaue heed vnto him, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

  • Acts 10:47-48
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    47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which haue receiued the holy Ghost, as well as we?

    48So he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes.

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37Now when they heard it, they were pricked in their heartes, and said vnto Peter and the other Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we doe?

    38Then Peter said vnto them, Amend your liues, and bee baptized euery one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes: and ye shall receiue the gift of the holy Ghost.

  • Acts 8:25
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    25So they, when they had testified & preached the worde of the Lord, returned to Hierusalem, and preached the Gospel in many townes of the Samaritans.

  • Acts 5:14
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    14Also the number of them that beleeued in the Lord, both of men and women, grewe more and more)

  • Acts 9:42
    69%

    42And it was knowen throughout all Ioppa, and many beleeued in the Lord.

  • Acts 11:16
    69%

    16Then I remembred the word of the Lord, howe he said, Iohn baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy Ghost.

  • Acts 17:4
    68%

    4And some of them beleeued, and ioyned in companie with Paul and Silas: also of the Grecians that feared God a great multitude, and of the chiefe women not a fewe.

  • Acts 16:32-33
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    68%

    32And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lord, and to all that were in the house.

    33Afterwarde he tooke them the same houre of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized with all that belonged vnto him, straigthway.

  • Mark 1:8
    68%

    8Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.

  • Acts 16:15
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    15And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithfull to ye Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained vs.

  • Acts 2:41
    68%

    41Then they that gladly receiued his word, were baptized: and the same day there were added to the Church about three thousand soules.

  • Acts 18:8
    68%

    8And Crispus the chiefe ruler of the Synagogue, beleeued in the Lorde with all his housholde: and many of the Corinthians hearing it, beleeued and were baptized.

  • John 4:39
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    39Nowe many of the Samaritans of that citie beleeued in him, for the saying of the woman which testified, He hath tolde me all things that euer I did.

  • Acts 4:4
    68%

    4Howbeit, many of them which heard the word, beleeued, and the number of the men was about fiue thousand.

  • Acts 1:5
    67%

    5For Iohn in deede baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost within these fewe daies.

  • Acts 17:12
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    12Therefore many of them beleeued, and of honest women, which were Grecians, and men not a fewe.

  • Acts 22:16
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    16Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on the Name of the Lord.

  • Acts 8:27
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    27And hee arose and went on: and beholde, a certaine Eunuche of Ethiopia, Candaces the Queene of the Ethiopians chiefe Gouernour, who had the rule of all her treasure, and came to Hierusalem to worship:

  • Mark 16:16
    67%

    16He that shall beleeue and be baptized, shalbe saued: but he that will not beleeue, shalbe damned.

  • John 3:22
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    22After these things, came Iesus & his disciples into the lande of Iudea, and there taried with them, and baptized.

  • Acts 16:13
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    13And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the women, which were come together.

  • Acts 8:29-30
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    29Then the Spirit said vnto Philip, Goe neere and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet.

    30And Philip ranne thither, and heard him reade the Prophet Esaias, and said, But vnderstandest thou what thou readest?

  • Mark 6:12
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    12And they went out, and preached, that men should amend their liues.