Acts 8 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Now those [believers] who had been scattered went from place to place preaching the word [the good news of salvation through Christ].

Now there was a man named Simon, who previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that [the people of] Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

So, when Peter and John had given their testimony and preached the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, preaching the good news [about salvation] in many Samaritan villages [along the way].

But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza.” (This is a desert road).

“LIKE A SHEEP HE WAS LED TO THE SLAUGHTER;

AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT,

SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH.

“IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY [justice was denied Him].

WHO WILL DESCRIBE HIS GENERATION?

FOR HIS LIFE IS TAKEN FROM THE EARTH.”

The eunuch replied to Philip, “Please tell me, about whom does the prophet say this? About himself or about someone else?”