Acts 8:1-8 ▼

1 Now in those days, there occurred a great persecution against the Church at Jerusalem. And they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles.

2 But God-fearing men arranged for Stephen’s funeral, and they made a great mourning over him.

3 Then Saul was laying waste to the Church by entering throughout the houses, and dragging away men and women, and committing them to prison.

4 Therefore, those who had been dispersed were traveling around, evangelizing the Word of God.

5 Now Philip, descending to a city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them.

6 And the crowd was listening intently and with one accord to those things which were being said by Philip, and they were watching the signs which he was accomplishing.

7 For many of them had unclean spirits, and, crying out with a loud voice, these departed from them.

8 And many of the paralytics and the lame were cured.