Acts 8:5

Acts 8:5
And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.

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Acts 8:6
And all the people gave attention to the words which Philip said, when they saw the signs which he did.

Acts 8:7
For unclean spirits came out from those who had them, crying with a loud voice; and a number of those who were ill and broken in body were made well.

Acts 8:8
And there was much joy in that town.

Acts 8:9
But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:

Acts 8:10
To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.

Acts 8:11
And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.

Acts 8:12
But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

Acts 8:13
And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.

Acts 8:35
So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.

Acts 8:36
And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

Acts 8:38
And he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped, and the two of them went down into the water, and Philip gave him baptism.

Acts 8:39
And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the Ethiopian saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.

Acts 8:40
But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.

John 4:25
The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.

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Acts 8:1
And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

Acts 8:2
And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.

Acts 8:3
But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.

Acts 8:4
But those who had gone in flight went everywhere preaching the word.

Acts 11:19
Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

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Acts 6:5
And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

Acts 1:8
But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

Acts 11:20
But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

Acts 6:7
And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

Acts 6:8
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

Acts 6:9
But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.

Acts 6:10
But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.

Romans 15:19
By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

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Acts 9:20
And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

Acts 17:3
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

Acts 10:36
The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--

2 Corinthians 4:5
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

Acts 4:2
Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

Acts 5:42
And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:2
For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

Acts 3:20
And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

Acts 17:18
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:12
Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

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Acts 21:8
And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.

Acts 8:26
But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land.

Acts 8:27
And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;

Acts 8:28
He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Acts 8:29
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.

Acts 8:30
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

Acts 8:31
And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

Acts 8:32
Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

Acts 8:33
Being of low degree, his cause was not given a hearing: who has knowledge of his family? for his life is cut off from the earth.

Acts 8:34
And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?

Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

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John 4:4
And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

John 4:5
So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

1 Kings 16:24
He got the hill Samaria from Shemer for the price of two talents of silver, and he made a town there, building it on the hill and naming it Samaria, after Shemer the owner of the hill.

1 Kings 20:1
Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.

2 Kings 17:24
Then the king of Assyria took men from Babylon and from Cuthah and Avva and Hamath and Sepharvaim, and put them in the towns of Samaria in place of the children of Israel; so they got Samaria for their heritage, living in its towns.

2 Kings 18:9
Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria, shutting it in with his armies.

Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

John 4:9
The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

John 4:35
You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

Acts 7:16
And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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Acts 8:14
Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

Acts 8:15
Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

Acts 8:16
For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 8:17
Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

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2 Chronicles 30:6
So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small band of you which has been kept safe out of the hands of the kings of Assyria.

Luke 19:10
For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

Acts 15:7
And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

Acts 18:24
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

2 Peter 2:5
And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

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Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah 12:43
And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.

Psalms 126:2
Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.

Isaiah 61:10
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

Jeremiah 15:16
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.

Romans 5:11
And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

2 Corinthians 7:4
My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

1 Peter 1:8
To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

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Philippians 1:15
Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

Philippians 1:16
These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

Philippians 1:18
What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

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