Parallel Verses

An Understandable Version

And Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.

New American Standard Bible

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.

International Standard Version

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Messiah to the people.

A Conservative Version

And Philip, who went down to a city of Samaria, proclaimed the Christ to them.

American Standard Version

And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.

Amplified

Philip [the evangelist] went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) to them.

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.

Common New Testament

Philip went down to a city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Philip being arrived at Samaria, preached Christ to them.

Darby Translation

And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;

Godbey New Testament

and Philip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them,

Goodspeed New Testament

Philip reached the city of Samaria, and proclaimed the Christ to them.

John Wesley New Testament

And Philip coming down to a city of Samaria, preached Christ to them.

Julia Smith Translation

And Philip having come down to the city of Samaria, proclaimed Christ to them.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Philip came down to the city of Samaria [and] began proclaiming the Christ to them.

Modern King James verseion

And Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then came Philip into a city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

Moffatt New Testament

Philip travelled down to a town in Samaria, where he preached Christ to the people.

Montgomery New Testament

Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and began to preach Christ there.

NET Bible

Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

New Heart English Bible

Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Messiah.

Noyes New Testament

And Philip went down to a city of Samaria, and preached to them the Christ.

Sawyer New Testament

and Philip going down to a city of Samaria preached Christ to them.

The Emphasized Bible

And, Philip, going down unto the city of Samaria, proclaimed unto them the Christ.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and there began to preach the Christ.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

while Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ there.

Williams New Testament

So Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Christ to the Samaritans.

World English Bible

Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.

Worrell New Testament

And Philip, having come down to the city of Samaria, preached to them the Christ.

Worsley New Testament

And Philip coming to the city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

Φίλιππος 
Philippos 
Usage: 36

κατέρχομαι 
Katerchomai 
Usage: 13

to
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

the city
πόλις 
Polis 
Usage: 132

of Samaria
Σαμάρεια 
Samareia 
Usage: 10

and preached
κηρύσσω 
Kerusso 
Usage: 49

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

Context Readings

Philip Preaches In Samaria

4 Now the disciples, who had become scattered all over, went everywhere preaching the message [of God]. 5 And Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them. 6 Great crowds of people joined together in accepting Philip's message when they heard and saw the [miraculous] signs he was able to perform.



Cross References

Acts 6:5

This arrangement pleased the whole group, so they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolaus, a proselyte [i.e., convert to the Jewish religion] from Antioch.

Matthew 10:5-6

Jesus sent these twelve apostles out and ordered them saying, "Do not go on any road leading to Gentile territory or enter any town of the Samaritans.

John 4:25-26

[Then] the woman said to Jesus, "I know that Messiah is coming ([He is] the One who is called Christ). And when He does come, He will tell us everything."

Acts 1:8

But, you apostles will receive power when the Holy Spirit descends on you and [then] you will become My witnesses [i.e., to tell what you know] in Jerusalem, in [the countries of] Judea and Samaria, and [even] to the distant regions of the earth."

Acts 5:42

So, every day, they never stopped teaching and preaching that Jesus was the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one], in the Temple and in private homes.

Acts 8:1

And Saul was in full agreement with Stephen being put to death. And a great persecution broke out against the Jerusalem church, and all the disciples, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the districts of Judea and Samaria.

Acts 8:14-15

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had responded to the message of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Acts 8:35-36

So, Philip opened his mouth, and beginning [his message] from this Scripture [passage], he preached to him [about] Jesus.

Acts 8:40

But [later on] Philip appeared at Azotus and after leaving there he preached the good news [of Jesus] to all the towns along the way until he reached Caesarea. [Note: Caesarea was a town on the west coast of Palestine, named after the emperor Caesar].

Acts 9:20

And so Saul began proclaiming that Jesus was the Son of God in the synagogues [of the Damascus area].

Acts 17:2-3

As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, [and] for three Sabbath days [in a row] he taught them from the Scriptures,

Acts 21:8

The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we went to the house of Philip, the evangelist, who had been one of the seven ["deacons" chosen by the Jerusalem church to minister to widows, See Acts 6]. We stayed with him [while there].

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we [apostles] preach that Christ was crucified [for our sins]. This message is offensive to Jews and foolishness to [unconverted] Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 2:2

For I have decided not to know anything [while] among you, except Jesus Christ and His being crucified.

1 Corinthians 3:11

For no one can lay [any] other foundation than the one which [God] has [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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