Acts:8-9
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And Saul was consenting unto his death .
And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ;
and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria ,
except the apostles .
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And devout men carried Stephen to his burial ,
and made great lamentation over him .
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As for Saul ,
he made havock of the church ,
entering into every house ,
and haling men and women committed them to prison .
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Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word .
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Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria ,
and preached Christ unto them .
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And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake ,
hearing and seeing the miracles which he did .
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For 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 .
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And there was great joy in that city .
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But 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 :
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To whom they all gave heed ,
from the least to the greatest ,
saying ,
This man is the great power of God .
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And to him they had regard ,
because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries .
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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 .
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Then Simon himself believed also :
and when he was baptized ,
he continued with Philip ,
and wondered ,
beholding the miracles and signs which were done .
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Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God ,
they sent unto them Peter and John :
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Who ,
when they were come down ,
prayed for them ,
that they might receive the Holy Ghost :
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For as yet he was fallen upon none of them :
only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus .)
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Then laid they their hands on them ,
and they received the Holy Ghost .
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And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles '
hands the Holy Ghost was given ,
he offered them money ,
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Saying ,
Give me also this power ,
that on whomsoever I lay hands ,
he may receive the Holy Ghost .
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But Peter said unto him ,
Thy money perish with thee ,
because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money .
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Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter :
for thy heart is not right in the sight of God .
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Repent therefore of this thy wickedness ,
and pray God ,
if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee .
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For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness ,
and in the bond of iniquity .
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Then answered Simon ,
and said ,
Pray ye to the Lord for me ,
that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me .
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And 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 .
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And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip ,
saying ,
Arise ,
and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza ,
which is desert .
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And 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 ,
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Was returning ,
and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet .
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Then the Spirit said unto Philip ,
Go near ,
and join thyself to this chariot .
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And Philip ran thither to him ,
and heard him read the prophet Esaias ,
and said ,
Understandest thou what thou readest ?
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And he said ,
How can I ,
except some man should guide me ?
And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him .
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The place of the scripture which he read was this ,
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ;
and like a lamb dumb before his shearer ,
so opened he not his mouth :
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In his humiliation his judgment was taken away :
and who shall declare his generation ?
for his life is taken from the earth .
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And the eunuch answered Philip ,
and said ,
I pray thee ,
of whom speaketh the prophet this ?
of himself ,
or of some other man ?
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Then Philip opened his mouth ,
and began at the same scripture ,
and preached unto him Jesus .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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And 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 .
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But Philip was found at Azotus :
and passing through he preached in all the cities ,
till he came to Caesarea .
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And Saul ,
yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord ,
went unto the high priest ,
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And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues ,
that if he found any of this way ,
whether they were men or women ,
he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem .
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And as he journeyed ,
he came near Damascus :
and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven :
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And he fell to the earth ,
and heard a voice saying unto him ,
Saul ,
Saul ,
why persecutest thou me ?
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And he said ,
Who art thou ,
Lord ?
And the Lord said ,
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest :
it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks .
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And he trembling and astonished said ,
Lord ,
what wilt thou have me to do ?
And the Lord said unto him ,
Arise ,
and go into the city ,
and it shall be told thee what thou must do .
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And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless ,
hearing a voice ,
but seeing no man .
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And Saul arose from the earth ;
and when his eyes were opened ,
he saw no man :
but they led him by the hand ,
and brought him into Damascus .
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And he was three days without sight ,
and neither did eat nor drink .
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And there was a certain disciple at Damascus ,
named Ananias ;
and to him said the Lord in a vision ,
Ananias .
And he said ,
Behold ,
I am here ,
Lord .
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And the Lord said unto him ,
Arise ,
and go into the street which is called Straight ,
and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul ,
of Tarsus :
for ,
behold ,
he prayeth ,
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And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in ,
and putting his hand on him ,
that he might receive his sight .
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Then Ananias answered ,
Lord ,
I have heard by many of this man ,
how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem :
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And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name .
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But the Lord said unto him ,
Go thy way :
for he is a chosen vessel unto me ,
to bear my name before the Gentiles ,
and kings ,
and the children of Israel :
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For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name '
s sake .
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And Ananias went his way ,
and entered into the house ;
and putting his hands on him said ,
Brother Saul ,
the Lord ,
even Jesus ,
that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest ,
hath sent me ,
that thou mightest receive thy sight ,
and be filled with the Holy Ghost .
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And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales :
and he received sight forthwith ,
and arose ,
and was baptized .
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And when he had received meat ,
he was strengthened .
Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus .
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And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues ,
that he is the Son of God .
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But all that heard him were amazed ,
and said ;
Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem ,
and came hither for that intent ,
that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests ?
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But Saul increased the more in strength ,
and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus ,
proving that this is very Christ .
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And after that many days were fulfilled ,
the Jews took counsel to kill him :
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But their laying await was known of Saul .
And they watched the gates day and night to kill him .
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Then the disciples took him by night ,
and let him down by the wall in a basket .
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And when Saul was come to Jerusalem ,
he assayed to join himself to the disciples :
but they were all afraid of him ,
and believed not that he was a disciple .
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But Barnabas took him ,
and brought him to the apostles ,
and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way ,
and that he had spoken to him ,
and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus .
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And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem .
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And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus ,
and disputed against the Grecians :
but they went about to slay him .
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Which when the brethren knew ,
they brought him down to Caesarea ,
and sent him forth to Tarsus .
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Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria ,
and were edified ;
and walking in the fear of the Lord ,
and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost ,
were multiplied .
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And it came to pass ,
as Peter passed throughout all quarters ,
he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda .
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And there he found a certain man named Aeneas ,
which had kept his bed eight years ,
and was sick of the palsy .
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And Peter said unto him ,
Aeneas ,
Jesus Christ maketh thee whole :
arise ,
and make thy bed .
And he arose immediately .
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And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him ,
and turned to the Lord .
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Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha ,
which by interpretation is called Dorcas :
this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did .
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And it came to pass in those days ,
that she was sick ,
and died :
whom when they had washed ,
they laid her in an upper chamber .
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And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa ,
and the disciples had heard that Peter was there ,
they sent unto him two men ,
desiring him that he would not delay to come to them .
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Then Peter arose and went with them .
When he was come ,
they brought him into the upper chamber :
and all the widows stood by him weeping ,
and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made ,
while she was with them .
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But Peter put them all forth ,
and kneeled down ,
and prayed ;
and turning him to the body said ,
Tabitha ,
arise .
And she opened her eyes :
and when she saw Peter ,
she sat up .
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And he gave her his hand ,
and lifted her up ,
and when he had called the saints and widows ,
presented her alive .
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And it was known throughout all Joppa ;
and many believed in the Lord .
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And it came to pass ,
that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner .
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There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius ,
a centurion of the band called the Italian band ,
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