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Acts 8:5
5And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;
Acts 8:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
- New International Version (NIV)Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
Context of Acts 8:5
3But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison. 4Those then that had been scattered went through [the countries] announcing the glad tidings of the word. And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them; 6and the crowds with one accord gave heed to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard [him] and saw the signs which he wrought. 7For from many who had unclean spirits they went out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralysed and lame were healed.
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Φίλιππος δὲ κατελθὼν εἰς τὴν πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας ἐκήρυσσεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Χριστόν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 8:5
- Acts 8:1And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.
- Acts 6:5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and [the] Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,
- Acts 21:8And leaving on the morrow, we came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him.
- Acts 1:8but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
- Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into [the] way of [the] nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not;
- Acts 8:35And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.
- Acts 5:42And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus [was] the Christ.
- Acts 9:20And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that he is the Son of God.
- Acts 17:2And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,
- John 4:25The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all things.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness;
- 1 Corinthians 2:2For I did not judge [it well] to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
- 1 Corinthians 3:11For other foundation can no man lay besides that which [is] laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on Acts 8:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Then Philip - One of the seven deacons, Acts 6:5, called afterwards, Philip the Evangelist, Acts 21:8. The city of Samaria - At this time there was no city of Samaria existing: according to Josephus, Ant. lib. xiii. cap. 10, sect. 3, Hyrcanus had so utterly demolished it as to leave no vestige of it remaining. Herod the Great did afterwards build a city on the same spot of ground; but he called it Ϛ i.e. Augusta, in compliment to the Emperor Augustus, as…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Then Philip - One of the seven deacons, Acts 6:5. He is afterward called the “evangelist,” Acts 21:8. The city of Samaria - This does not mean a city whose “name” was Samaria, for no such city at that time existed. Samaria was a “region,” Matthew 2:22. The ancient city Samaria, the capital of that region, had been destroyed by Hyrcanus, so completely as to leave no vestige of it remaining; and he “took away,” says Josephus, “the very marks that there had…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 As far as the gospel prevails, evil spirits are dislodged, particularly unclean spirits. All inclinations to the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul are such. Distempers are here named, the most difficult to be cured by the course of nature, and most expressive of the disease of sin. Pride, ambition, and desire after grandeur have always caused abundance of mischief, both to the world and to the church. The people said of Simon, This…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-255. Then Philip--not the apostle of that name, as was by some of the Fathers supposed; for besides that the apostles remained at Jerusalem, they would in that case have had no occasion to send a deputation of their own number to lay their hands on the baptized disciples [Grotius]. It was the deacon of that name, who comes next after Stephen in the catalogue of the seven, probably as being the next most prominent. The persecution may have been directed…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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