ASV_Strong : Acts 8
1. And[G1161] Saul[G4569] was[G2258] consenting unto[G4909] his[G846] death[G336]. And[G1161] there arose on[G1722] that[G1565] day[G2250] a[G1096] great[G3173] persecution[G1375] against[G1909] the church[G1577] which was[G3588] in[G1722] Jerusalem[G2414]; and[G5037] they were[G1289] all[G3956] scattered abroad[G1289] throughout[G2596] the regions[G5561] of Judaea[G2449] and[G2532] Samaria[G4540], except[G4133] the apostles[G652].
2. And[G1161] devout[G2126] men[G435] buried[G4792] Stephen[G4736], and[G2532] made[G4160] great[G3173] lamentation[G2870] over[G1909] him[G846].
3. But[G1161] Saul[G4569] laid waste[G3075] the church[G1577], entering into[G1531] every[G2596] house[G3624], and[G2532] dragging[G4951] men[G435] and[G5037] women[G1135] committed[G3860] them to[G1519] prison[G5438].
4. They[G3588, Ezekiel3] therefore[G3767] that were scattered abroad[G1289], went about[G1330] preaching[G2097] the word[G3056].
5. And[G1161] Philip[G5376] went down[G2718] to[G1519] the city[G4172] of Samaria[G4540], and proclaimed[G2784] unto them[G846] the Christ[G5547].
6. And[G5037] the multitudes[G3793] gave heed[G4337] with one accord[G3661] unto[G5259] the things[G3588] that[G3004] were spoken[G3004] by Philip[G5376], when they[G846] heard[G191], and[G2532] saw[G991] the signs[G4592] which[G3739] he did[G4160].
7. For[G1063] from many[G4183] of those that had[G2192] unclean[G169] spirits[G4151], they came out[G1831], crying[G994] with a loud[G3173] voice[G5456]: and[G1161] many[G4183] that were palsied[G3886], and[G2532] that were[G2323] lame[G5560], were healed[G2323].
8. And[G2532] there was[G1096] much[G3173] joy[G5479] in[G1722] that[G1565] city[G4172].
9. But there was[G1161] a certain[G5100] man[G435], Simon[G4613] by name[G3686], who beforetime[G4391] in[G1722] the city[G4172] used sorcery[G3096], and[G2532] amazed[G1839] the people[G1484] of Samaria[G4540], giving out that[G3004] himself[G1438] was[G1511] some[G5100] great one[G3173]:
10. to whom[G3739] they all[G3956] gave heed[G4337], from[G575] the least[G3398] to[G2193] the greatest[G3173], saying[G3004], This man[G3778] is[G2076] that power[G1411] of God[G2316] which is called Great[G3173].
11. And[G1161] they gave heed[G4337] to him[G846], because that[G1223] of long[G2425] time[G5550] he had amazed[G1839] them[G846] with his sorceries[G3095].
12. But[G1161] when[G3753] they believed[G4100] Philip[G5376] preaching[G2097] good tidings[G3588] concerning[G4012] the kingdom[G932] of God[G2316] and[G2532] the name[G3686] of Jesus[G2424] Christ[G5547], they were baptized[G907], both[G5037] men[G435] and[G2532] women[G1135].
13. And[G2532] Simon[G4613] also[G2532] himself[G846] believed[G4100]: and[G2532] being[G2258] baptized[G907], he continued[G4342] with Philip[G5376]; and[G5037] beholding[G2334, 3173] signs[G4592] and[G2532] great miracles[G1411] wrought[G1096], he was amazed[G1839].
14. Now when[G1161] the apostles[G652] that were[G3588] at[G1722] Jerusalem[G2414] heard[G191] that[G3754] Samaria[G4540] had received[G1209] the word[G3056] of God[G2316], they sent[G649] unto[G4314] them[G846] Peter[G4074] and[G2532] John[G2491]:
15. who[G3748], when they were come down[G2597], prayed[G4336] for[G4012] them[G846], that[G3704] they might receive[G2983] the Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151]:
16. for[G1063] as yet[G3768] it was[G2258] fallen[G1968] upon[G1909] none[G3762] of them[G1161]: only[G3440] they had been[G5225] baptized[G907] into[G1519] the name[G3686] of the Lord[G2962] Jesus[G2424].
17. Then[G5119] laid they[G2007] their hands[G5495] on[G1909] them[G846], and[G2532] they received[G2983] the Holy[G4151] Spirit[G40].
18. Now[G1161] when Simon[G4613] saw[G2300] that[G3754] through[G1223] the laying on[G1936] of the apostles[G652]' hands[G5495] the Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151] was given[G1325], he offered[G4374] them[G846] money[G5536],
19. saying[G3004], Give me[G1325] also[G2504] this[G3778] power[G1849], that[G2443, Leviticus2] on whomsoever[G3739] I lay[G2007] my hands[G5495], he may receive[G2983] the Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151].
20. But[G1161] Peter[G4074] said[G2036] unto[G4314] him[G846], Thy[G4675] silver[G694, 1519] perish[G684] with[G4862] thee[G4671], because[G3754] thou hast thought[G3543] to[G1223] obtain[G2932] the gift[G1431] of God[G2316] with money[G5536].
21. Thou[G4671] hast[G2076] neither[G3756] part[G3310] nor[G3761] lot[G2819] in[G1722] this[G5129] matter[G3056]: for[G1063] thy[G4675] heart[G2588] is[G2076] not[G3756] right[G2117] before[G1799] God[G2316].
22. Repent[G3340] therefore[G3767] of[G575] this[G3778] thy[G4675] wickedness[G2549], and[G2532] pray[G1189] the Lord[G2316], if[G1487] perhaps[G686] the thought[G1963] of thy[G4675] heart[G2588] shall be forgiven[G863] thee[G4671].
23. For[G1063] I see[G3708] that thou[G4571] art[G5607] in[G1519] the gall[G5521] of bitterness[G4088] and[G2532] in the bond[G4886] of iniquity[G93].
24. And[G1161] Simon[G4613] answered[G611] and said[G2036], Pray[G1189] ye[G5210] for[G5228] me[G1700] to[G4314] the Lord[G2962], that[G3704] none of the things[G3367] which[G3739] ye have spoken[G2046] come[G1904] upon[G1909] me[G1691].
25. [G3767] They[G3588] therefore[G3303], when they had testified[G1263] and[G3767] spoken[G2980] the word[G3056] of the Lord[G2962], returned[G5290] to[G1519] Jerusalem[G2419], and[G5037] preached the gospel[G2097] to many[G4183] villages[G2968] of the Samaritans[G4541].
26. But[G1161] an angel[G32] of the Lord[G2962] spake[G2980] unto[G4314] Philip[G5376], saying[G3004], Arise[G450], and[G2532] go[G4198] toward[G2596] the south[G3314] unto[G1909] the way[G3598] that[G3588] goeth down[G2597] from[G575] Jerusalem[G2419] unto[G1519] Gaza[G1048]: the same[G3778] is[G2076] desert[G2048].
27. And[G2532] he arose[G450] and went[G4198]: and[G2532] behold[G2400], a man[G435] of Ethiopia[G128], a eunuch[G2135] of great authority[G1413] under Candace[G2582], queen[G938] of the Ethiopians[G128], who[G3739] was[G2258] over[G1909] all[G3956] her[G846] treasure[G1047], who[G3739] had come[G2064] to[G1519] Jerusalem[G2419] to worship[G4352];
28. and[G5037] he was[G2258] returning[G5290] and[G2532] sitting[G2521] in[G1909] his[G846] chariot[G716], and[G2532] was reading[G314] the prophet[G4396] Isaiah[G2268].
29. And[G1161] the Spirit[G4151] said[G2036] unto Philip[G5376], Go near[G4334], and[G2532] join thyself[G2853] to this[G5129] chariot[G716].
30. And[G1161] Philip[G5376] ran to[G4370] him[G191], and heard him[G846] reading[G314] Isaiah[G2268] the prophet[G4396], and[G2532] said[G1065], Understandest thou[G1097] what[G3739] thou readest[G314]?
31. And[G1161] he said[G1063], How[G4459, Leviticus2] can I[G302], except[G1437, 3361] some one[G5100] shall guide[G3594] me[G3165]? And[G5037] he besought[G3870] Philip[G5376] to come up[G305] and sit[G2523] with[G4862] him[G846].
32. Now the passage[G4042] of the Scripture[G1124] which[G3739] he was reading[G314] was[G2258] this[G3778], He was led[G71] as[G5613] a sheep[G4263] to[G1909] the slaughter[G4967]; And[G2532] as[G5613] a lamb[G286] before[G1726] his[G846] shearer[G2751] is dumb[G880], So[G3779] he[G455] openeth not[G3756] his[G846] mouth[G4750]:
33. In[G1722] his[G846] humiliation[G5014] his[G846] judgment[G2920] was taken away[G142]: [G1161] His[G846] generation[G1074] who[G5101] shall declare[G1334]? For[G3754] his[G846] life[G2222] is taken[G142] from[G575] the earth[G1093].
34. And[G1161] the eunuch[G2135] answered[G611] Philip[G5376], and said[G2036], I pray[G1189] thee[G4675], of[G4012] whom[G5101] speaketh[G3004] the prophet[G4396] this[G5124]? of[G4012] himself[G1438], or[G2228] of[G4012] some[G5100] other[G2087]?
35. And[G2532] Philip[G5376] opened[G455] his[G846] mouth[G4750], and[G2532] beginning[G756] from[G575] this Scripture[G1124], preached[G2097] unto him[G846] Jesus[G2424].
36. And[G1161] as[G5613] they went[G4198] on[G2596] the way[G3598], they came[G2064] unto[G1909] a certain[G5100] water[G5204]; and[G2532] the eunuch[G2135] saith[G5346], Behold[G2400], here is water[G5204]; what[G5101] doth hinder[G2967] me[G3165] to be baptized[G907]?
38. And[G2532] he commanded[G2753] the chariot[G716] to stand still[G2476]: and[G2532] they both[G297] went down[G2597] into[G1519] the water[G5204], both[G5037] Philip[G5376] and[G2532] the eunuch[G2135], and[G2532] he baptized[G907] him[G846].
39. And[G1161] when[G3753] they came up[G305] out of[G1537] the water[G5204], the Spirit[G4151] of the Lord[G2962] caught away[G726] Philip[G5376]; and[G2532] the eunuch[G2135] saw[G1492] him[G846] no[G3756] more[G3765], for he went[G4198] on his[G846] way[G3598] rejoicing[G5463].
40. But[G1161] Philip[G5376] was found[G2147] at[G1519] Azotus[G108]: and[G2532] passing through[G1330] he preached[G2097] the gospel to[G1519] all[G3956] the cities[G4172], till[G2193] he[G846] came[G2064] to[G1519] Caesarea[G2542].
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