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riversident@Acts:8:1 @ SAUL also approved of their putting him to death. On that day arose a great persecution of the church in Jerusalem. All except the apostles were scattered through Judaea and Samaria.

riversident@Acts:8:2 @ Pious men carried Stephen away for burial and made great lamentation over him.

riversident@Acts:8:3 @ Saul cruelly hounded the church from house to house, entering and dragging out men and women and handing them over into prison.

riversident@Acts:8:4 @ Those who were scattered went to various places telling the good news.

riversident@Acts:8:5 @ Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

riversident@Acts:8:6 @ The crowds with one mind gave attention to what was said by Philip, listening to his words and seeing the signs that he did.

riversident@Acts:8:7 @ For impure spirits came out shrieking from many who had been possessed, and many paralytic and lame people were healed.

riversident@Acts:8:8 @ There was great rejoicing in that city.

riversident@Acts:8:9 @ A certain man named Simon had previously been practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one.

riversident@Acts:8:10 @ They had all given attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God which is called great."

riversident@Acts:8:11 @ They had given attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them by his magic.

riversident@Acts:8:12 @ But when they believed Philip, who was telling the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

riversident@Acts:8:13 @ Simon himself also believed and was baptized and attached himself to Philip, and seeing the signs and great miracles that took place he was astonished.

riversident@Acts:8:14 @ When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the message of God, they sent to them Peter and John.

riversident@Acts:8:15 @ They on arrival prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

riversident@Acts:8:16 @ For the Spirit had not yet fallen on any one of them; they had merely been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

riversident@Acts:8:17 @ Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

riversident@Acts:8:18 @ When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

riversident@Acts:8:19 @ saying, "Give to me also this power that whoever I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

riversident@Acts:8:20 @ But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you because you have thought that you could buy the gift of God with money!

riversident@Acts:8:21 @ You have no part or lot in this matter. For your heart is not right before God.

riversident@Acts:8:22 @ Repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

riversident@Acts:8:23 @ For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and the fetters of unrighteousness."

riversident@Acts:8:24 @ Simon answered, "You pray for me to the Lord that nothing of what you have said may come on me."

riversident@Acts:8:25 @ So when they had borne their testimony and had spoken the message of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, telling the good news in many villages of the Samaritans.

riversident@Acts:8:26 @ An angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Arise and go south-ward on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the road through the desert."

riversident@Acts:8:27 @ He arose and went. Now there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of high rank under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over her treasury. He had been to Jerusalem to worship

riversident@Acts:8:28 @ and was on his return, sitting in his chariot and reading the prophet Isaiah.

riversident@Acts:8:29 @ The Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."

riversident@Acts:8:30 @ Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

riversident@Acts:8:31 @ He said, "How can I without some one to guide me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

riversident@Acts:8:32 @ The passage of Scripture that he was reading was, "He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so he did not open his mouth.

riversident@Acts:8:33 @ In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who will describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth."

riversident@Acts:8:34 @ The eunuch said to Philip, "Please tell me, of whom is the prophet speaking \'97 of himself or of some one else?"

riversident@Acts:8:35 @ Philip opened his mouth and beginning with that Scripture told him the good news about Jesus.

riversident@Acts:8:36 @ As they were going along the road they came to water, and the eunuch said, "Here is water. What is there to hinder my being baptized?"

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riversident@Acts:8:38 @ He ordered the chariot to stop and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

riversident@Acts:8:39 @ When they had come up out of the water, the Spirit caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more. He went on his way rejoicing.

riversident@Acts:8:40 @ But Philip found himself at Azotus, and passing through all the cities he told the good news until he came to Casarea.

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