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Acts 8 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:2 - And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:3 - But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.

Philip in Samaria

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:4 - They therefore that were scattered abroad went about preaching the word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5 - And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:6 - And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:7 - For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:8 - And there was much joy in that city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:9 - But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:10 - to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:11 - And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:12 - But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:13 - And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14 - Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:15 - who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:16 - for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:17 - Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:18 - Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:19 - saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 - But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:21 - Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:22 - Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:23 - For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:24 - And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.

An Ethiopian Receives Christ

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:25 - They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
(cf. Isa 53:7, 8 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:26 - But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:27 - And he arose and went: and behold, 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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:28 - and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:29 - And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:30 - And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:31 - And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:32 - Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this,
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb,
So he openeth not his mouth:

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In his humiliation his judgment was taken away:
His generation who shall declare?
For his life is taken from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:34 - And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:35 - And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached unto him Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:36 - And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:37 - [fn]And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:38 - And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:39 - And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:40 - But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
ASV Footnotes
Some manuscripts exclude verse, in whole or in part, v. 37. And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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