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 destroying Messiah’s community, entering house after house; and dragging off men and women, he was throwing them into prison. 4Now those who had been scattered went around proclaiming the Word. Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them. 6The crowds were paying close attention to what Philip was saying—as they both heard and saw the signs that he was doing. 7For unclean spirits were coming out of many who were plagued, shrieking with a loud voice. Many paralyzed and crippled were healed also.

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 8:1Now Saul was in agreement with Stephen’s execution. On that day a great persecution arose against Messiah’s community in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the emissaries.
• Acts 6:5The statement pleased the whole group; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Ruach ha-Kodesh, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.
• Acts 21:8On the next day, we departed and came to Caesarea. We entered the home of Philip, the proclaimer of Good News, who was one of the seven, and we stayed with him.
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Ruach ha-Kodesh has come upon you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and through all Judah, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
• Matthew 10:5Yeshua sent out these twelve and ordered them, “Do not go to the Gentiles, and do not enter into any Samaritan town.
• Acts 8:35Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he proclaimed the Good News about Yeshua.
• Acts 5:42And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming Yeshua as the Messiah.
• Acts 9:20Immediately he began proclaiming Yeshua in the synagogues, saying, “He is Ben-Elohim.”
• Acts 17:2As was his custom, Paul went to the Jewish people; and for three Shabbatot, he debated the Scriptures with them.
• John 4:25The woman tells Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called the Anointed One.) When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
• 1 Corinthians 1:23but we proclaim Messiah crucified—a stumbling block to Jewish people and foolishness to Gentile people,
• 1 Corinthians 2:2For I decided not to know about anything among you except Yeshua the Messiah—and Him crucified.
• 1 Corinthians 3:11For no one can lay any other foundation than what is already laid—which is Yeshua the Messiah.

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
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• 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