Acts 8:35

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

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  • Luke 24:27 : 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.
  • Acts 18:28 : 28 for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
  • Matt 5:2 : 2 Then he began to teach them by saying:
  • Acts 28:23 : 23 They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.
  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
  • 2 Cor 6:11 : 11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you.
  • Eph 4:21 : 21 if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory. 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
  • Acts 19:13 : 13 But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying,“I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
  • Acts 26:22-23 : 22 I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen: 23 that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”
  • Luke 24:44-47 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, 46 and said to them,“Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
  • Acts 3:20 : 20 so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you– that is, Jesus.
  • Acts 5:42 : 42 And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying,“This man is the Son of God.”
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter started speaking:“I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,
  • 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 17:2-3 : 2 Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying,“This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

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  • Acts 8:34
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    34Then the eunuch said to Philip,“Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about– himself or someone else?”

  • Acts 8:36
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    36Now 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 8:24-32
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    24But Simon replied,“You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”

    25So 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.

    26Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip,“Get up and go south on 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 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,

    28and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

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

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

    31The man replied,“How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

    32Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this:“He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

  • Acts 8:38-40
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    38So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

    39Now 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.

    40Philip, 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 8:4-6
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    4Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

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

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

  • John 1:43-46
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    43The Calling of More Disciples On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.”

    44(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

    45Philip found Nathanael and told him,“We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

    46Nathanael replied,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied,“Come and see.”

  • John 12:21-22
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    21So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested,“Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

    22Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus.

  • Acts 8:12-14
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    12But 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.

    13Even 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.

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

  • Luke 24:27
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    27Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

  • Acts 10:37
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    37you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

  • John 6:5
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    5Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

  • Luke 24:45
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    45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

  • Acts 21:8
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    8On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

  • John 14:8-9
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    8Philip said,“Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content.”

    9Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?

  • Luke 4:17
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    17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

  • Luke 24:32
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    32They said to each other,“Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”

  • John 1:37
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    37When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

  • Mark 1:8-9
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    8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

    9The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

  • Acts 1:1
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    1¶ Jesus Ascends to Heaven I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

  • John 9:26
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    26Then they said to him,“What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?”

  • Acts 22:8
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    8I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’

  • Acts 18:25
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    25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

  • Acts 17:3
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    3explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying,“This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”

  • Acts 19:5
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    5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

  • Matt 3:13
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    13The Baptism of Jesus Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

  • Luke 3:18
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    18And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.

  • Acts 11:4
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    4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

  • Acts 19:3
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    3So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.