Acts 8:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 1:3 : 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
  • Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 ‹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:›
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 ¶ The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said unto them, ‹Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.› 16 ‹He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.›
  • Luke 9:2 : 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
  • Luke 9:60 : 60 Jesus said unto him, ‹Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.›
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
  • Acts 8:35-38 : 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 16:14-15 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.
  • Acts 16:31-34 : 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
  • Acts 28:31 : 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
  • Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
  • 1 Cor 11:11 : 11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 8:13-17
    5 verses
    82%

    13Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

    14¶ Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

    15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

    16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

    17Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

  • Acts 8:35-40
    6 verses
    79%

    35Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

    36And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

    37And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

    38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

    39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

    40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

  • Acts 19:3-7
    5 verses
    76%

    3And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

    4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

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

    6And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

    7And all the men were about twelve.

  • Acts 8:5-11
    7 verses
    75%

    5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

    6And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

    7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

    8And there was great joy in that city.

    9But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

    10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

    11And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

  • Acts 10:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

    48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

  • Acts 2:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37¶ Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?

    38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

  • Acts 8:25
    71%

    25And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

  • Acts 5:14
    70%

    14And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

  • Acts 9:42
    69%

    42And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

  • Acts 11:16
    69%

    16Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, ‹John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.›

  • Acts 17:4
    68%

    4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

  • Acts 16:32-33
    2 verses
    68%

    32And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

    33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

  • Mark 1:8
    68%

    8I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

  • Acts 16:15
    68%

    15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.

  • Acts 2:41
    68%

    41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.

  • Acts 18:8
    68%

    8And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

  • John 4:39
    68%

    39And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

  • Acts 4:4
    68%

    4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

  • Acts 1:5
    67%

    5‹For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.›

  • Acts 17:12
    67%

    12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

  • Acts 22:16
    67%

    16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

  • Acts 8:27
    67%

    27And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

  • Mark 16:16
    67%

    16‹He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.›

  • John 3:22
    67%

    22¶ After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

  • Acts 16:13
    67%

    13And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted [thither].

  • Acts 8:29-30
    2 verses
    67%

    29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

    30And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

  • Mark 6:12
    66%

    12And they went out, and preached that men should repent.