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

And Saul was agreeing with his murder. Now there happened on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And the statement pleased the whole group, and they chose Stephen (a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit), and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus (a convert from Antioch),

And on the next day we departed [and] came to Caesarea, and entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was [one] of the seven, [and] stayed with him.

The city

Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them saying, "Do not go on the road to the Gentiles, and do not enter into a city of the Samaritans,

Preached

So Philip opened his mouth and beginning from this scripture, proclaimed the good news to him [about] Jesus.

Every day, both in the temple [courts] and from house [to house], they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news [that] the Christ [was] Jesus.

And immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues: "This one is the Son of God!"

{And as was his custom}, Paul went in to them and on three Sabbath [days] he discussed with them from the scriptures,

The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (the one called Christ); "whenever that one comes, he will proclaim all [things] to us."

but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,

For I decided not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

General references

They went out from the town and were coming to him.