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Passages Acts 8:4–40

Sermons citing Acts 8:4–40

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Acts 8:4–40 · BSB

8:4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

8:5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

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8:6 The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.

8:7 With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

8:8 So there was great joy in that city.

8:9 Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

8:10 and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

8:11 They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.

8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

8:13 Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

8:14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

8:15 On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

8:16 For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

8:17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

8:18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

8:19 “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

8:20 But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

8:21 You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

8:22 Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

8:23 For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

8:24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

8:25 And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

8:26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

8:27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

8:28 and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.

8:29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

8:30 So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

8:31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

8:32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

8:33 In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

8:34 “Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

8:35 Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

8:36 As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

8:37 This verse number has no text in the BSB edition.

8:38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

8:39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

8:40 But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

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