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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Now Saul heartily approved of putting Stephen to death. That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except for the apostles was scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Devout men buried Stephen as they mourned loudly for him. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Now those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the word. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Messiah to the people. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The crowds, hearing his message and seeing the signs that he was doing, paid close attention to what was said by Philip. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Unclean spirits screamed with a loud voice as they came out of the many people they had possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8As a result, there was great rejoicing in that city. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Now in that city there was a man named Simon. He was practicing occult arts and thrilling the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Everyone from the least to the greatest paid close attention to him, saying, "This is what we call the great power of God!" |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11They paid careful attention to him because he had thrilled them for a long time with his occult performances. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But when Philip proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and about the name of Jesus the Messiah, men and women believed and were baptized. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Even Simon believed, and after he was baptized he became devoted to Philip. He was amazed to see the signs and great miracles that were happening. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaritans had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15They went down and prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Before this, he had not come on any of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19and said, "Give me this power too, so that when I lay my hands on someone, he will receive the Holy Spirit." |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But Peter told him, "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's free gift with money! |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21You have no part or share in what we're saying, because your heart isn't right with God. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your heart's intent may be forgiven you. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23For I see that you're being poisoned by bitterness and you're a prisoner of wickedness!" |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Simon answered, "Both of you pray to the Lord for me that none of the things you have said will happen to me." |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25After they had given their testimony and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, continuing to proclaim the good news in many Samaritan villages. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Now an angel of the Lord told Philip, "Get up and go south on the road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a deserted road." |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, who was a member of the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He was in charge of all her treasures and had come up to Jerusalem to worship. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Now he was returning home, seated in his chariot, and reading from the prophet Isaiah. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The Spirit told Philip, "Approach that chariot and stay near it." |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah out loud. Philip asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?" |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31The man replied, "How can I unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33In his humiliation, justice was denied him. Who can describe his descendants? For his life is taken away from the earth." |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34The eunuch asked Philip, "I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself? Or someone else?" |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35Then Philip began to speak, and, starting from this Scripture, he told him the good news about Jesus. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36As they were going along the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, "Look, there's some water. What keeps me from being baptized?" |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37 |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38So he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch went on his way rejoicing and did not see Philip again. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40But Philip found himself at Azotus. As he was passing through that region, he kept proclaiming the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea. |
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