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Acts 8:35

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So Philip began at this place in the Scriptures and explained the good news about Jesus.

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Jesus then explained everything written about himself in the Scriptures, beginning with the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets.

Peter then said: Now I am certain that God treats all people alike.

Some of the followers from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch and started telling Gentiles the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Some of them were Epicureans and some were Stoics, and they started arguing with him. People were asking, “What is this know-all trying to say?” Some even said, “Paul must be preaching about foreign gods! That's what he means when he talks about Jesus and about people rising from death.”

He got into fierce arguments with the Jewish people, and in public he used the Scriptures to prove that Jesus is the Messiah.

Some Jewish men started going around trying to force out evil spirits by using the name of the Lord Jesus. They said to the spirits, “Come out in the name of that same Jesus that Paul preaches about!”

They agreed on a time to meet with Paul, and many of them came to his house. From early morning until late in the afternoon, Paul talked to them about God's kingdom. He used the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets to try to win them over to Jesus.

Then that time will come when the Lord will give you fresh strength. He will send you Jesus, his chosen Messiah.

Every day they spent time in the temple and in one home after another. They never stopped teaching and telling the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

The official said to Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or about someone else?”

Soon he went to the Jewish meeting places and started telling people that Jesus is the Son of God.

But we preach that Christ was nailed to a cross. Most Jews have problems with this, and most Gentiles think it is foolish.

In fact, while I was with you, I made up my mind to speak only about Jesus Christ, who had been nailed to a cross.

Friends in Corinth, we are telling the truth when we say that there is room in our hearts for you.




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