Acts 8:5

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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.

Context of Acts 8:5

3But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. 4Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. 7For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.

Acts 8:5 word by word

Φίλιππος δὲ κατελθὼν εἰς τὴν πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας ἐκήρυσσεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Χριστόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• PhilipΦίλιπποςPhilippos · PhilipG5376
• went downκατέρχομαιkaterchomai · to descendG2718
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• of Samariaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of SamariaΣαμάρειαSamareia · SamariaG4540
• and preachedκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Acts 8:5

• Acts 8:1And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
• Acts 6:5And what they said pleased the whole gathering, 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.
• Acts 21:8On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
• Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans,
• Acts 8:35Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.
• Acts 5:42And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.
• Acts 9:20And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."
• Acts 17:2And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
• John 4:25The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things."
• 1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
• 1 Corinthians 2:2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
• 1 Corinthians 3:11For no one can lay a foundation other than 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

Topics related to Acts 8:5

• Philip
• Preaching
• Samaria

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• Christ
• Samaria
• Christ, Messiah
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Believe
• Bitterness
• Consent
• Devout
• Havock
• Join

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