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A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.</p> <p class="hdg">Philip in Samaria</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>There was great joy in that city.</p> <a name="9" id="9"></a><p class="hdg">Simon the Sorcerer<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../deuteronomy/18.htm#9">Deuteronomy 18:9-14</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.</p> <p class="hdg">Philip and the Ethiopian</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/8-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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