But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 8:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Philip [the deacon, not the apostle] went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ (the Messiah) to them [the people]; [Acts 6:5.] American Standard Version (1901) And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ. Common English Bible Philip went down to a city in Samaria and began to preach Christ to them. Catholic Public Domain Version Now Philip, descending to a city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Philip going down to the city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them. |
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
The next day we left and came to Caesarea, and we went into the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the seven, and stayed with him.
And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.
What they said pleased the whole community, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
And Saul approved of their killing him. That day a severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.
Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.)
So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
The crowds with one accord listened eagerly to what was said by Philip, hearing and seeing the signs that he did,
and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”
but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to gentiles,
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.