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 well pleased with his execution. For at that time there was a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all dispersed through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And the advice pleased the whole multitude, 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 proselyte of Antioch.

On the morrow Paul and those that were with him departed from Ptolemais, and came to Cesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven deacons, we stayed with him.

The city

These twelve did Jesus send forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not among the gentiles, neither enter into any city of the Samaritans:

Preached

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this scripture, preached unto him Jesus.

And every day in the temple and from house to house they ceased not from teaching and preaching that Jesus was the Christ.

And he immediately preached Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

And according to his custom Paul went in among them, and for three sabbath-days discoursed to them from the scriptures;

Then saith the woman unto Him, I know that the Messiah, that is to say the Christ, is coming; and when He comes, He will tell us all things.

to the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; but to them that are called,

for I did not think it meet to know any thing among you, but Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

For no one can lay any other foundation, but that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ: and if any build upon this foundation gold,

General references

They therefore went out of the city, and came to Him.