1 And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen's death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. | C¹ | C² | TOSK |
2 God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him. | C | TOSK |
3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison. | C | TOSK |
4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. | C | TOSK |
5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them. | C | TOSK |
6 The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip's message and to the signs they saw him perform. | C | TOSK |
7 With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed. | C | TOSK |
8 So there was great joy in that city. | C | TOSK |
9 Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great, | C | TOSK |
10 and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, "This man is the divine power called the Great Power." | IP | C | TOSK |
11 They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery. | C | TOSK |
12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. | C | TOSK |
13 Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed. | C | TOSK |
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. | C | TOSK |
15 On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit. | C | TOSK |
16 For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. | C | TOSK |
17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. | C | TOSK |
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money. | C | TOSK |
19 "Give me this power as well," he said, "so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." | C | TOSK |
20 But Peter replied, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! | IP | C | TOSK |
21 You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK |
22 Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart. | IP | C | TOSK |
23 For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity." | IP | C | TOSK |
24 Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me." | C | TOSK |
25 And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages. | C | TOSK |
26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |
27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship, | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |
28 and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |
29 The Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to that chariot and stay by it." | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |
30 So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |
31 "How can I," he said, "unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |
32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth. | IP¹ | IP² | IP³ | C¹ | C² | TOSK | TT¹ | TT¹ |
33 In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth." | IP¹ | IP² | C¹ | C² | TOSK | TT |
34 "Tell me," said the eunuch, "who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?" | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |
35 Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |
36 As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, "Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?" | IP¹ | IP² | C¹ | C² | TOSK | TT |
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38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. | IP¹ | IP² | C¹ | C² | TOSK | TT |
39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing. | IP¹ | IP² | IP³ | C | TOSK | TT |
40 But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea. | IP¹ | IP² | C | TOSK | TT |