Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
And Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
Holman Bible
Philip went down to a
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
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,
Themes
Awakenings and religious reforms » At the feast of pentecost ac 2 » Under philip at samaria
religious Awakenings » At the feast of pentecost ac 2 » Under philip at samaria
Christ » Preaching to be concerning » Christ the theme of
Leaders » Preaching » Christ the theme of
Ministers » Work of preaching » Christ the theme of
Ministers » Hospitality to » Message of
Ministers » Should preach » Christ crucified
Ministers » Faithful--exemplified » Philip
Missionary-work by ministers » Exemplified » Philip
Philip » One of the seven servants (greek: diakonos) » Successfully preaches in samaria
Philip » The evangelist » Broadminded
Preaching » Christ the theme of
Preaching » Effective » By philip
Religious » Support of unfaithful » Christ the theme of
Samaria » Country of » Disciples made from the inhabitants of
Samaria » City of, built by omri » Visited by philip, peter, and john
modern Samaria » Cities of, mentioned in scripture » Samaria
modern Samaria » The gospel first preached in, by philip
Samaritans » Philip did a successful work among them
Spiritual » special reasons for Joy » Times of spiritual refreshing
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 8:5
Verse Info
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.
Phrases
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.