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Acts 8:5

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Philip went to the city of Samaria and preached about the Christ.

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But when the Holy Spirit comes to you, you will receive power. You will be my witnesses—in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world.”

The next day we left Ptolemais and went to the city of Caesarea. There we went into the home of Philip the preacher, one of the seven helpers, and stayed with him.

Every day in the Temple and in people’s homes they continued teaching the people and telling the Good News—that Jesus is the Christ.

The whole group liked the idea, so they chose these seven men: Stephen (a man with great faith and full of the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas (a man from Antioch who had become a follower of the Jewish religion).

Saul agreed that the killing of Stephen was good. On that day the church of Jerusalem began to be persecuted, and all the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

An angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get ready and go south to the road that leads down to Gaza from Jerusalem—the desert road.”

So when Philip ran toward the chariot, he heard the man reading from Isaiah the prophet. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

But Philip appeared in a city called Azotus and preached the Good News in all the towns on the way from Azotus to Caesarea.

When the people there heard Philip and saw the miracles he was doing, they all listened carefully to what he said.

Soon he began to preach about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “Jesus is the Son of God.”

But we preach a crucified Christ. This causes the Jews to stumble and is foolishness to non-Jews.

I decided that while I was with you I would forget about everything except Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

The foundation that has already been laid is Jesus Christ, and no one can lay down any other foundation.




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