Acts 8:5

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Summary

Acts 8:5

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

Philip

Acts 8:1

Acts 6:5

Acts 21:8

The city

Matthew 10:5

Preached

General references

John 4:30

Bible References

Philip

Now Saul heartily approved of putting Stephen to death. That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except for the apostles was scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.

This suggestion pleased the whole group. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.

The next day, we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

The city

These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, and don't enter Samaritan towns.

Preached

Then Philip began to speak, and, starting from this Scripture, he told him the good news about Jesus.

Every day in the Temple and from house to house they kept teaching and proclaiming that Jesus is the Messiah.

He immediately started to preach about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This is the Son of God."

As usual, Paul entered there and on three Sabbaths discussed the Scriptures with them.

The woman told him, "I know that the Anointed One is coming, who is being called "the Messiah'. When that person comes, he will explain everything."

but we preach the Messiah crucified. He is a stumbling block to Jews and nonsense to gentiles,

For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah, and him crucified.

After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that is Jesus the Messiah.

General references

The people left the town and started on their way to him.