Acts 8:14

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Summary

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

When

Received

Peter

Acts 3:1

Galatians 2:9

Bible References

When

BUT Saul was delighted with his execution. Now on that very day commenced a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all, besides the apostles, were dispersed through the regions of Judea and Samaria.

NOW the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Then when they arrived at Jerusalem, they were cordially received by the church, and the apostles and presbyters, and they related how great things God had done by them.

and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, that he might stablish you, and comfort you concerning your faith:

Received

They therefore who gladly received his discourse were baptised: and there were added to them that day about three thousand souls.

Now these were more liberally minded men than those of Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, daily, examining the Scriptures if these things were really so.

But the sown upon the good ground, is he who heareth the word, and understandeth it; who truly beareth fruit, and produceth, one an hundred fold, and another sixty, and another thirty.

He that sets me at nought, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: even the word which I have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day.

For this cause do we also give thanks to God unceasingly, because when ye received the word reported by us from God, ye received it not as the word of man, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which worketh also effectually in you that believe.

and in every unrighteous delusion among those who perish: in consequence of which things they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Peter

NOW at that time Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth;

And when they knew the grace which was bestowed on me, James and Cephas and John, who appeared to be the pillars [of the church], gave unto me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision: