Acts 8 (NET)

Acts 8:1¹And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 22:20Dan 3:16-18Acts 5:40Acts 7:58Acts 1:8Acts 5:33Luke 11:49-50Acts 8:14Exod 10:28-29Acts 8:4

Acts 8:2²Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 50:10-111 Sam 28:32 Chr 32:332 Chr 35:252 Sam 3:31Acts 10:2Acts 2:5Deut 34:8Gen 23:2Isa 57:1-2

Acts 8:3³But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:131 Cor 15:9Gal 1:13Phil 3:6Acts 22:19Acts 7:58Acts 9:21Acts 22:3-4Acts 26:9-11Acts 9:1-13

Acts 8:4⁴Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:231 Thess 2:2Acts 11:19Acts 8:1Acts 14:2-7Acts 15:35

Acts 8:5⁵Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 6:5Acts 21:8Acts 8:35-36Acts 8:401 Cor 1:231 Cor 3:11Acts 5:421 Cor 2:2Acts 1:8Acts 17:2-3

Acts 8:6⁶The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 4:41-422 Chr 30:12Acts 13:44Matt 20:15-16

Acts 8:7⁷For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:1Acts 14:8-10Acts 5:16Mark 16:17-18Heb 2:4Acts 3:6-7Acts 9:33-34Isa 35:6John 14:12Mark 2:3-11

Acts 8:8⁸So there was great joy in that city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:52Acts 13:48Acts 8:39Isa 35:1-2Luke 2:10-11Ps 96:10-12Ps 98:2-6Rom 15:9-12Isa 42:10-12

Acts 8:9⁹Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:6Acts 5:36John 7:18Exod 8:18-19Acts 19:18-20Lev 20:6Acts 16:16-18Acts 8:11Exod 7:11Exod 7:22

Acts 8:10¹⁰All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called ‘Great.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 31:342 Pet 2:2Rev 13:31 Cor 1:242 Cor 11:19Acts 14:11Acts 28:6Eph 4:14Jer 6:13Jer 8:10

Acts 8:11¹¹And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:9Gal 3:1Isa 44:25Isa 47:9-13Isa 8:19

Acts 8:12¹²But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:38Acts 1:3Matt 28:191 Pet 3:21Acts 2:41Acts 28:31Gal 3:28Rom 10:101 Cor 11:11Acts 11:20

Acts 8:13¹³Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:11Acts 8:6-7John 5:20John 8:30-31Acts 13:44Jas 2:19-26John 2:23-25John 7:21Luke 8:13Mark 16:17

Acts 8:14¹⁴Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:131 Thess 3:2Acts 8:1Gal 2:9Acts 11:1Acts 11:19-22Acts 15:4Acts 17:11Acts 2:41Acts 3:1-3

Acts 8:15¹⁵These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:38John 16:23-24John 14:13-14Matt 18:19Phil 1:19

Acts 8:16¹⁶(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:38Acts 19:2Matt 28:19Acts 19:5-6Acts 11:15-171 Cor 1:13-15Acts 10:44-48Gal 3:27

Acts 8:17¹⁷Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:6Acts 6:62 Tim 1:6Acts 8:18Acts 2:4Acts 9:17Heb 6:2Num 27:18Num 8:101 Tim 4:14

Acts 8:18¹⁸Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:5Matt 10:82 Kgs 8:92 Kgs 5:15-16Ezek 13:19

Acts 8:19¹⁹saying, “Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 14:7-113 John 1:9John 5:44Matt 18:1-31 Cor 15:8-9Acts 8:17Acts 8:9-11

Acts 8:20²⁰But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 5:17Matt 10:8Acts 2:38Rev 18:152 Pet 2:14-17Jas 5:31 Tim 6:92 Kgs 5:15-16Acts 10:45Acts 11:17

Acts 8:21²¹You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 4:13John 21:17Matt 6:22-24Ps 36:12 Chr 25:2Rev 2:23Rev 22:19Hab 2:4Josh 22:25Ps 78:36-37

Acts 8:22²²Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:25-26Dan 4:27Heb 4:12Acts 17:30Acts 9:11Luke 11:9-13Matt 7:7-8Rom 2:4Acts 2:38Acts 3:19

Acts 8:23²³For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 58:6Prov 5:22Heb 12:15John 8:34Titus 3:32 Pet 2:192 Pet 2:4Deut 29:18-20Deut 32:32-33Isa 28:22

Acts 8:24²⁴But Simon replied, “You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 8:8Num 21:7Job 42:81 Kgs 13:6Exod 10:17Exod 12:32Gen 20:7Jas 5:161 Sam 12:191 Sam 12:23

Acts 8:25²⁵So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:211 Pet 5:12Acts 1:8Acts 18:5Acts 26:22-23Acts 28:23Acts 28:28Acts 28:31Acts 8:40John 15:27

Acts 8:26²⁶Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:192 Kgs 1:3Heb 1:14Acts 27:23Acts 10:22Acts 12:23Acts 10:7Acts 12:8-11Josh 15:47Luke 3:2-4

Acts 8:27²⁷So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 68:31Zeph 3:10Isa 56:3-8Jer 38:7Ps 87:41 Kgs 8:41-43John 12:20Matt 12:421 Kgs 10:1Isa 43:6

Acts 8:28²⁸and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:16Acts 28:25Isa 1:12 Tim 3:15-17Acts 17:11-12Deut 11:18-20Deut 17:18-19Deut 6:6-7John 5:39-40Josh 1:8

Acts 8:29²⁹Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:19Acts 11:12Acts 13:2-4Acts 20:22-23Acts 16:6-71 Tim 4:1Acts 21:11Hos 6:31 Cor 12:11Isa 65:24

Acts 8:30³⁰So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:44-45John 5:39Eph 5:17Eccl 9:10Matt 13:19Matt 13:23Matt 15:101 Cor 14:19Mark 13:14Matt 13:51

Acts 8:31³¹The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 10:14Isa 29:18-19Ps 73:16-17Prov 30:2-3Ps 25:8-91 Cor 8:2Matt 18:3-41 Cor 14:36-372 Kgs 5:261 Cor 3:18

Acts 8:32³²Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:7-81 Pet 2:21-24Jer 51:40Jer 11:19Rom 8:36Ps 44:11-12Ps 39:9Ps 39:2John 1:29Matt 26:62-63

Acts 8:33³³In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:12Isa 53:8Phil 2:8-9Zech 13:7Isa 53:10Dan 9:26Isa 10:2Isa 5:23Job 27:2Job 34:5

Acts 8:34³⁴Then the eunuch said to Philip, “Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about—himself or someone else?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:15Matt 13:36Matt 2:2-4

Acts 8:35³⁵So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:27Acts 18:281 Cor 2:2Acts 28:23Matt 5:2Acts 5:421 Cor 1:231 Pet 1:11-122 Cor 6:11Acts 10:34

Acts 8:36³⁶Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:47John 3:5John 3:23Titus 3:5-61 John 5:6Ezek 36:25

Acts 8:38³⁸So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 4:1John 3:22-23

Acts 8:39³⁹Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:122 Kgs 2:16Ezek 8:3Ezek 43:5Ezek 11:1Ezek 11:24Ezek 3:12-142 Cor 12:2-4Mark 1:10Rom 15:10-13

Acts 8:40⁴⁰Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:8Acts 10:1Acts 23:23Acts 23:33Acts 25:41 Sam 5:1Acts 10:24Acts 12:19Acts 21:16Acts 25:1