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Acts 8:5

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Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.

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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

The next day we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the Evangelist, one of the seven men who had been chosen to distribute food.

And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”

Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith).

Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.

As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus. He preached the Good News there and in every town along the way until he came to Caesarea.

Crowds listened intently to Philip because they were eager to hear his message and see the miraculous signs he did.

And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!”

So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.

For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified.

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.




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