Acts 8:40
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.
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- Acts 10:1 : 1 Peter Visits Cornelius Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.
- Acts 21:8 : 8 On 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.
- Acts 25:4 : 4 Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.
- Acts 23:23 : 23 Then he summoned two of the centurions and said,“Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o’clock tonight,
- Acts 23:33 : 33 When the horsemen came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
- 1 Sam 5:1 : 1 God Sends Trouble for the Philistines with the Ark Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
- Zech 9:6 : 6 A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines.
- Luke 10:1-2 : 1 The Mission of the Seventy-Two After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 He said to them,“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
- Acts 8:25 : 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 21:16 : 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay.
- Acts 10:24 : 24 The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
- Acts 12:19 : 19 When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
- Acts 25:1 : 1 Paul Appeals to Caesar Now three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
- Josh 15:46-47 : 46 from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns; 47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt and the border at the Mediterranean Sea.
- Acts 25:6 : 6 After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.
- Acts 25:13 : 13 Festus Asks King Agrippa for Advice After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
- Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
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- Acts 8:38-392 verses81%
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.
- Acts 8:4-85 verses80%
4 Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
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.
- Acts 8:34-363 verses77%
34 Then the eunuch said to Philip,“Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about– himself or someone else?”
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 8:25-328 verses76%
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.
26 Philip 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.)
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,
28 and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.
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?”
31 The man replied,“How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 Now 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 21:7-82 verses74%
7 We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.
8 On 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 1:43-442 verses72%
43 The 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.)
- Acts 8:12-143 verses70%
12 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.
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.
- Acts 16:11-122 verses70%
11 Arrival at Philippi We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis,
12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.
- Acts 9:30-323 verses69%
30 When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
32 Peter Heals Aeneas Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
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3 So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
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6 Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
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27 Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together.
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1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
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8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”
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22 Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus.
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8 and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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38 He replied,“Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”
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22 and when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem and then went down to Antioch.
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7 There they continued to proclaim the good news.
- Acts 11:19-202 verses67%
19 Activity in the Church at Antioch Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.
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.
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1 Disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there
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28 So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.
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1 Jesus’ Ministry and the Help of Women Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,
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10 After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him.
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2 After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,
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10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
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19 When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.