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.
• 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 was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. 4Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word. Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them. 6The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing. 7For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people 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 agreed completely with killing him. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
• Acts 6:5The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.
• Acts 21:8On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and 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 farthest parts of the earth.”
• Matthew 10:5Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: “Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.
• Acts 8:35So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
• Acts 5:42And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ.
• Acts 9:20and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This man is the Son of God.”
• Acts 17:2Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures,
• John 4:25The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ); “whenever he comes, he will tell us everything.”
• 1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.
• 1 Corinthians 2:2For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
• 1 Corinthians 3:11For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being 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
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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