Acts 8:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

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  • Acts 1:3 : 3 To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 2:38 : 38 Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you– not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God– through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 He said to them,“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
  • Luke 9:2 : 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
  • Luke 9:60 : 60 But Jesus said to him,“Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
  • Acts 5:14 : 14 More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.
  • Acts 8:35-38 : 35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. 36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said,“Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?” 38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 16:14-15 : 14 A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying. 15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us,“If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.
  • Acts 16:31-34 : 31 They replied,“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house. 33 At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 “And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.
  • Acts 28:31 : 31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction.
  • Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.
  • 1 Cor 11:11 : 11 In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 8:13-17
    5 verses
    82%

    13 Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.

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

    15 These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

    16 (For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

    17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 8:38-40
    3 verses
    79%

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

    39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.

    40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

  • Acts 8:35-36
    2 verses
    76%

    35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

    36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said,“Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”

  • Acts 19:3-7
    5 verses
    76%

    3 So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

    4 Paul said,“John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

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

    6 and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

    7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.)

  • Acts 8:5-11
    7 verses
    75%

    5 Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

    6 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

    7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

    8 So there was great joy in that city.

    9 Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

    10 All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying,“This man is the power of God that is called‘Great.’”

    11 And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.

  • Acts 10:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47 “No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

    48 So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

  • Acts 2:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37 The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

    38 Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 8:25
    71%

    25 So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

  • Acts 5:14
    70%

    14 More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

  • Acts 9:42
    69%

    42 This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

  • Acts 11:16
    69%

    16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say,‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

  • Acts 17:4
    68%

    4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

  • Acts 16:32-33
    2 verses
    68%

    32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

    33 At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

  • Mark 1:8
    68%

    8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

  • Acts 16:15
    68%

    15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us,“If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.

  • Acts 2:41
    68%

    41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

  • Acts 18:8
    68%

    8 Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

  • John 4:39
    68%

    39 The Samaritans Respond Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified,“He told me everything I ever did.”

  • Acts 4:4
    68%

    4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

  • Acts 1:5
    67%

    5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

  • Acts 17:12
    67%

    12 Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

  • Acts 22:16
    67%

    16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

  • Acts 8:27
    67%

    27 So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,

  • Mark 16:16
    67%

    16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

  • John 3:22
    67%

    22 Further Testimony About Jesus by John the Baptist After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

  • Acts 16:13
    67%

    13 On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

  • Acts 8:29-30
    2 verses
    67%

    29 Then the Spirit said to Philip,“Go over and join this chariot.”

    30 So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him,“Do you understand what you’re reading?”

  • Mark 6:12
    66%

    12 So they went out and preached that all should repent.

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