Acts:7-8
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Then said (
5627 )
the high priest ,
Are (
5719 )
these things so ?
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And he said (
5713 ),
Men ,
brethren ,
and fathers ,
hearken (
5657 );
The God of glory appeared (
5681 )
unto our father Abraham ,
when he was (
5752 )
in Mesopotamia ,
before he dwelt (
5658 )
in Charran ,
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And said (
5627 )
unto him ,
Get thee (
5628 )
out of thy country ,
and from thy kindred ,
and come (
5773 )
into the land which I shall shew (
5692 )
thee .
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Then came he (
5631 )
out of the land of the Chaldaeans ,
and dwelt (
5656 )
in Charran :
and from thence ,
when his father was dead (
5629 ),
he removed (
5656 )
him into this land ,
wherein ye now dwell (
5719 ).
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And he gave (
5656 )
him none inheritance in it ,
no ,
not so much as to set his foot on :
yet he promised (
5662 )
that he would give (
5629 )
it to him for a possession ,
and to his seed after him ,
when as yet he had (
5752 )
no child .
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And God spake (
5656 )
on this wise ,
That his seed should (
5704 )
sojourn in a strange land ;
and that they should bring them into bondage (
5692 ),
and entreat them evil (
5692 )
four hundred years .
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And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage (
5661 )
will I judge (
5692 ),
said (
5627 )
God :
and after that shall they come forth (
5695 ),
and serve (
5692 )
me in this place .
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And he gave (
5656 )
him the covenant of circumcision :
and so Abraham begat (
5656 )
Isaac ,
and circumcised (
5627 )
him the eighth day ;
and Isaac begat Jacob ;
and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs .
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And the patriarchs ,
moved with envy (
5660 ),
sold (
5639 )
Joseph into Egypt :
but God was (
5713 )
with him ,
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And delivered (
5639 )
him out of all his afflictions ,
and gave (
5656 )
him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt ;
and he made (
5656 )
him governor (
5740 )
over Egypt and all his house .
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Now there came (
5627 )
a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan ,
and great affliction :
and our fathers found (
5707 )
no sustenance .
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But when Jacob heard (
5660 )
that there was (
5752 )
corn in Egypt ,
he sent out (
5656 )
our fathers first .
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And at the second time Joseph was made known (
5681 )
to his brethren ;
and Josephs kindred was made (
5633 )
known unto Pharaoh .
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Then sent (
5660 )
Joseph ,
and called (
5668 )
his father Jacob to him ,
and all his kindred ,
threescore and fifteen souls .
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So Jacob went down (
5627 )
into Egypt ,
and died (
5656 ),
he ,
and our fathers ,
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And were carried over (
5681 )
into Sychem ,
and laid (
5681 )
in the sepulchre that Abraham bought (
5662 )
for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem .
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But when the time of the promise drew nigh (
5707 ),
which God had sworn (
5656 )
to Abraham ,
the people grew (
5656 )
and multiplied (
5681 )
in Egypt ,
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Till another king arose (
5627 ),
which knew (
5715 )
not Joseph .
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The same dealt subtilly (
5666 )
with our kindred ,
and evil entreated (
5656 )
our fathers ,
so that (
5721 )
they cast out their young children ,
to the end they might not live (
5745 ).
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In which time Moses was born (
5681 ),
and was (
5713 )
exceeding fair ,
and nourished up (
5648 )
in his fathers house three months :
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And when he was cast out (
5685 ),
Pharaohs daughter took him up (
5639 ),
and nourished (
5668 )
him for her own son .
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And Moses was learned (
5681 )
in all the wisdom of the Egyptians ,
and was (
5713 )
mighty in words and in deeds .
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And when he was full (
5712 )
forty years old ,
it came (
5627 )
into his heart to visit (
5664 )
his brethren the children of Israel .
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And seeing (
5631 )
one of them suffer wrong (
5746 ),
he defended (
5662 )
him ,
and avenged (
5656 )
him that was oppressed (
5746 ),
and smote (
5660 )
the Egyptian :
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For he supposed (
5707 )
his brethren would have understood (
5721 )
how that God by his hand would deliver (
5719 )
them :
but they understood (
5656 )
not .
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And the next (
5752 )
day he shewed himself (
5681 )
unto them as they strove (
5736 ),
and would have set (
5656 )
them at one again ,
saying (
5631 ),
Sirs ,
ye are (
5748 )
brethren ;
why do ye wrong (
5719 )
one to another ?
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But he that did his neighbour wrong (
5723 )
thrust him away (
5662 ),
saying (
5631 ),
Who made (
5656 )
thee a ruler and a judge over us ?
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Wilt (
5719 )
thou kill (
5629 )
me ,
as thou diddest (
5627 )
the Egyptian yesterday ?
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Then fled (
5627 )
Moses at this saying ,
and was (
5633 )
a stranger in the land of Madian ,
where he begat (
5656 )
two sons .
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And when forty years were expired (
5685 ),
there appeared (
5681 )
to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush .
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When Moses saw (
5631 )
it ,
he wondered (
5656 )
at the sight :
and as he drew near (
5740 )
to behold (
5658 )
it ,
the voice of the Lord came (
5633 )
unto him ,
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Saying ,
I am the God of thy fathers ,
the God of Abraham ,
and the God of Isaac ,
and the God of Jacob .
Then Moses trembled (
5637 ),
and durst (
5707 )
not behold (
5658 ).
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Then said (
5627 )
the Lord to him ,
Put off (
5657 )
thy shoes from thy feet :
for the place where thou standest (
5758 )
is (
5748 )
holy ground .
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I have seen (
5631 ),
I have seen (
5627 )
the affliction of my people which is in Egypt ,
and I have heard (
5656 )
their groaning ,
and am come down (
5627 )
to deliver (
5641 )
them .
And now come (
5773 ),
I will send (
5692 )
thee into Egypt .
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This Moses whom they refused (
5662 ),
saying (
5631 ),
Who made (
5656 )
thee a ruler and a judge ?
the same did God send (
5656 )
to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared (
5685 )
to him in the bush .
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He brought them out (
5627 ),
after that he had shewed (
5660 )
wonders and signs in the land of Egypt ,
and in the Red sea ,
and in the wilderness forty years .
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This is (
5748 )
that Moses ,
which said (
5631 )
unto the children of Israel ,
A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up (
5692 )
unto you of your brethren ,
like unto me ;
him shall ye hear (
5695 ).
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This is he (
5748 ),
that was (
5637 )
in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake (
5723 )
to him in the mount Sina ,
and with our fathers :
who received (
5662 )
the lively (
5723 )
oracles to give (
5629 )
unto us :
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To whom our fathers would (
5656 )
not obey (
5635 ),
but thrust him from them (
5662 ),
and in their hearts turned back again (
5648 )
into Egypt ,
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Saying (
5631 )
unto Aaron ,
Make (
5657 )
us gods to go before (
5695 )
us :
for as for this Moses ,
which brought (
5627 )
us out of the land of Egypt ,
we wot (
5758 )
not what is become (
5754 )
of him .
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And they made a calf (
5656 )
in those days ,
and offered (
5627 )
sacrifice unto the idol ,
and rejoiced (
5712 )
in the works of their own hands .
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Then God turned (
5656 ),
and gave them up (
5656 )
to worship (
5721 )
the host of heaven ;
as it is written (
5769 )
in the book of the prophets ,
O ye house of Israel ,
have ye offered (
5656 )
to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness ?
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Yea ,
ye took up (
5627 )
the tabernacle of Moloch ,
and the star of your god Remphan ,
figures which ye made (
5656 )
to worship (
5721 )
them :
and I will carry you away (
5692 )
beyond Babylon .
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Our fathers had (
5713 )
the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness ,
as he had appointed (
5668 ),
speaking (
5723 )
unto Moses ,
that he should make (
5658 )
it according to the fashion that he had seen (
5715 ).
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Which also our fathers that came (
5666 )
after brought in (
5627 )
with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles ,
whom God drave out (
5656 )
before the face of our fathers ,
unto the days of David ;
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Who found (
5627 )
favour before God ,
and desired (
5668 )
to find (
5629 )
a tabernacle for the God of Jacob .
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But Solomon built (
5656 )
him an house .
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Howbeit the most High dwelleth (
5719 )
not in temples made with hands ;
as saith (
5719 )
the prophet ,
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Heaven is my throne ,
and earth is my footstool :
what house will ye build (
5692 )
me ?
saith (
5719 )
the Lord :
or what is the place of my rest ?
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Hath not my hand made (
5656 )
all these things ?
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Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ,
ye do always resist (
5719 )
the Holy Ghost :
as your fathers did ,
so do ye .
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Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted (
5656 )?
and they have slain (
5656 )
them which shewed before (
5660 )
of the coming of the Just One ;
of whom ye have been (
5769 )
now the betrayers and murderers :
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Who have received (
5627 )
the law by the disposition of angels ,
and have not kept (
5656 )
it .
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When they heard (
5723 )
these things ,
they were cut (
5712 )
to the heart ,
and they gnashed (
5707 )
on him with their teeth .
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But he ,
being (
5723 )
full of the Holy Ghost ,
looked up stedfastly (
5660 )
into heaven ,
and saw (
5627 )
the glory of God ,
and Jesus standing (
5761 )
on the right hand of God ,
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And said (
5627 ),
Behold (
5628 ),
I see (
5719 )
the heavens opened (
5772 ),
and the Son of man standing (
5761 )
on the right hand of God .
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Then they cried out (
5660 )
with a loud voice ,
and stopped (
5627 )
their ears ,
and ran (
5656 )
upon him with one accord ,
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And cast (
5631 )
him out of the city ,
and stoned (
5707 )
him :
and the witnesses laid down (
5639 )
their clothes at a young mans feet ,
whose name was (
5746 )
Saul .
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And they stoned (
5707 )
Stephen ,
calling upon (
5734 )
God ,
and saying (
5723 ),
Lord Jesus ,
receive (
5663 )
my spirit .
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And he kneeled down (
5631 ),
and cried (
5656 )
with a loud voice ,
Lord ,
lay (
5661 )
not this sin to their charge .
And when he had said (
5631 )
this ,
he fell asleep (
5681 ).
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And Saul was (
5713 )
consenting (
5723 )
unto his death .
And at that time there was (
5633 )
a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ;
and they were all scattered abroad (
5681 )
throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria ,
except the apostles .
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And devout men carried (
5656 )
Stephen to his burial ,
and made (
5668 )
great lamentation over him .
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As for Saul ,
he made havock (
5711 )
of the church ,
entering into (
5740 )
every house ,
and haling (
5723 )
men and women committed (
5707 )
them to prison .
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Therefore they that were scattered abroad (
5651 )
went every where (
5627 )
preaching (
5734 )
the word .
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Then Philip went down (
5631 )
to the city of Samaria ,
and preached (
5707 )
Christ unto them .
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And the people with one accord gave heed (
5707 )
unto those things which Philip spake (
5746 ),
hearing (
5721 )
and seeing (
5721 )
the miracles which he did (
5707 ).
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For unclean spirits ,
crying (
5723 )
with loud voice ,
came out (
5711 )
of many that were possessed (
5723 )
with them :
and many taken with palsies (
5772 ),
and that were lame ,
were healed (
5681 ).
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And there was (
5633 )
great joy in that city .
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But there was a certain man ,
called Simon ,
which beforetime (
5707 )
in the same city used sorcery (
5723 ),
and bewitched (
5723 )
the people of Samaria ,
giving out (
5723 )
that himself was (
5750 )
some great one :
*
To whom they all gave heed (
5707 ),
from the least to the greatest ,
saying (
5723 ),
This man is (
5748 )
the great power of God .
*
And to him they had regard (
5707 ),
because that of long time he had bewitched (
5760 )
them with sorceries .
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But when they believed (
5656 )
Philip preaching (
5734 )
the things concerning the kingdom of God ,
and the name of Jesus Christ ,
they were baptized (
5712 ),
both men and women .
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Then Simon himself believed (
5656 )
also :
and when he was baptized (
5685 ),
he continued (
5713 ) (
5723 )
with Philip ,
and wondered (
5710 ),
beholding (
5723 )
the miracles and signs which were done (
5740 ) (
5625 ) (
5740 ).
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Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard (
5660 )
that Samaria had received (
5766 )
the word of God ,
they sent (
5656 )
unto them Peter and John :
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Who ,
when they were come down (
5631 ),
prayed (
5662 )
for them ,
that they might receive (
5632 )
the Holy Ghost :
* (
For as yet he was (
5713 )
fallen (
5761 )
upon none of them :
only they were (
5707 )
baptized (
5772 )
in the name of the Lord Jesus .)
*
Then laid they (
5707 )
their hands on them ,
and they received (
5707 )
the Holy Ghost .
*
And when Simon saw (
5666 )
that through laying on of the apostles hands the Holy Ghost was given (
5743 ),
he offered (
5656 )
them money ,
*
Saying (
5723 ),
Give (
5628 )
me also this power ,
that on whomsoever I lay (
5632 )
hands ,
he may receive (
5725 )
the Holy Ghost .
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But Peter said (
5627 )
unto him ,
Thy money perish (
5751 )
with thee ,
because thou hast thought (
5656 )
that the gift of God may be purchased (
5738 )
with money .
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Thou hast (
5748 )
neither part nor lot in this matter :
for thy heart is (
5748 )
not right in the sight of God .
*
Repent (
5657 )
therefore of this thy wickedness ,
and pray (
5676 )
God ,
if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven (
5701 )
thee .
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For I perceive (
5719 )
that thou art (
5752 )
in the gall of bitterness ,
and in the bond of iniquity .
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Then answered (
5679 )
Simon ,
and said (
5627 ),
Pray (
5676 )
ye to the Lord for me ,
that none of these things which ye have spoken (
5758 )
come (
5632 )
upon me .
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And they ,
when they had testified (
5666 )
and preached (
5660 )
the word of the Lord ,
returned (
5656 )
to Jerusalem ,
and preached the gospel (
5668 )
in many villages of the Samaritans .
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And the angel of the Lord spake (
5656 )
unto Philip ,
saying (
5723 ),
Arise (
5628 ),
and go (
5737 )
toward the south unto the way that goeth down (
5723 )
from Jerusalem unto Gaza ,
which is (
5748 )
desert .
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And he arose (
5631 )
and went (
5675 ):
and ,
behold (
5628 ),
a man of Ethiopia ,
an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians ,
who had (
5713 )
the charge of all her treasure ,
and had come (
5715 )
to Jerusalem for to worship (
5694 ),
*
Was (
5713 )
returning (
5723 ),
and sitting (
5740 )
in his chariot read (
5707 )
Esaias the prophet .
*
Then the Spirit said (
5627 )
unto Philip ,
Go near (
5628 ),
and join thyself to (
5682 )
this chariot .
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And Philip ran (
5631 )
thither to him ,
and heard (
5656 )
him read (
5723 )
the prophet Esaias ,
and said (
5627 ),
Understandest thou (
5719 )
what thou readest (
5719 )?
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And he said (
5627 ),
How can I (
5739 ),
except some man should guide (
5661 )
me ?
And he desired (
5656 )
Philip that he would come up (
5631 )
and sit (
5658 )
with him .
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The place of the scripture which he read (
5707 )
was (
5713 )
this ,
He was led (
5681 )
as a sheep to the slaughter ;
and like a lamb dumb before his shearer (
5723 ),
so opened he (
5719 )
not his mouth :
*
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away (
5681 ):
and who shall declare (
5695 )
his generation ?
for his life is taken (
5743 )
from the earth .
*
And the eunuch answered (
5679 )
Philip ,
and said (
5627 ),
I pray (
5736 )
thee ,
of whom speaketh (
5719 )
the prophet this ?
of himself ,
or of some other man ?
*
Then Philip opened (
5660 )
his mouth ,
and began (
5671 )
at the same scripture ,
and preached (
5668 )
unto him Jesus .
*
And as they went (
5711 )
on their way ,
they came (
5627 )
unto a certain water :
and the eunuch said (
5748 ),
See (
5628 ),
here is water ;
what doth hinder (
5719 )
me to be baptized (
5683 )?
*
And Philip said (
5627 ),
If thou believest (
5719 )
with all thine heart ,
thou mayest (
5748 ).
And he answered (
5679 )
and said (
5627 ),
I believe (
5719 )
that Jesus Christ is (
5750 )
the Son of God .
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And he commanded (
5656 )
the chariot to stand still (
5629 ):
and they went down (
5627 )
both into the water ,
both Philip and the eunuch ;
and he baptized (
5656 )
him .
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And when they were come up (
5627 )
out of the water ,
the Spirit of the Lord caught away (
5656 )
Philip ,
that the eunuch saw (
5627 )
him no more :
and he went (
5711 )
on his way rejoicing (
5723 ).
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But Philip was found (
5681 )
at Azotus :
and passing (
5740 )
through he preached (
5710 )
in all the cities ,
till he came (
5629 )
to Caesarea .
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And Saul ,
yet breathing out (
5723 )
threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord ,
went (
5631 )
unto the high priest ,
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