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Acts 8:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

5 And Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

5 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.]

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American Standard Version (1901)

5 And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.

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Common English Bible

5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and began to preach Christ to them.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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Acts 8:5
18 Cross References  

This arrangement pleased the whole group, so they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolaus, a proselyte [i.e., convert to the Jewish religion] from Antioch.


The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we went to the house of Philip, the evangelist, who had been one of the seven [“deacons” chosen by the Jerusalem church to minister to widows, See Acts 6]. We stayed with him [while there].


But [later on] Philip appeared at Azotus and after leaving there he preached the good news [of Jesus] to all the towns along the way until he reached Caesarea. [Note: Caesarea was a town on the west coast of Palestine, named after the emperor Caesar].


For no one can lay [any] other foundation than the one which [God] has [already] lain, which is Jesus Christ.


but we [apostles] preach that Christ was crucified [for our sins]. This message is offensive to Jews and foolishness to [unconverted] Gentiles.


So, every day, they never stopped teaching and preaching that Jesus was the Christ [i.e., God’s specially chosen one], in the Temple and in private homes.


For I have decided not to know anything [while] among you, except Jesus Christ and His being crucified.


And so Saul began proclaiming that Jesus was the Son of God in the synagogues [of the Damascus area].


And Saul was in full agreement with Stephen being put to death. And a great persecution broke out against the Jerusalem church, and all the disciples, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the districts of Judea and Samaria.


But, you apostles will receive power when the Holy Spirit descends on you and [then] you will become My witnesses [i.e., to tell what you know] in Jerusalem, in [the countries of] Judea and Samaria, and [even] to the distant regions of the earth.”


Great crowds of people joined together in accepting Philip’s message when they heard and saw the [miraculous] signs he was able to perform.


[Meanwhile] an angel [sent] from the Lord spoke to Philip and said, “Get up and travel south on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza; that is a deserted region.”


So, Philip ran over to it and [when he got near enough] he heard the Ethiopian eunuch reading from Isaiah the prophet and asked him, “Do you understand what you are reading?”


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