Acts 8

Acts 8:1

• Saul
• Now Saul
• And Saul

• was consenting to his

• death. On that
• death. And on that

• day a

• great
• severe

• persecution

• broke out against the
• arose against the
• began against the

• church in

• Jerusalem, and
• Jerusalem; and

• they

• were
• were all

• scattered throughout the

• regions of
• countryside of

• Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Acts 8:2

• Devout
• And devout
• and devout
• Some devout
• Godly
• Good

• men buried

• Stephen and
• Stephen, and
• Stephen.

• made
• made a
• They
• mourned

• great lamentation over
• loud lamentation over

• him.
• him;

Acts 8:3

• But Saul
• Saul

• began to
• was
• made
• was making
• tried to
• was trying to

• destroy the
• ravaging the
• havoc of the

• church;
• church,
• church.
• church. He
• church by

• Entering
• entering
• went from
• Going from
• going from
• Entering one
• entering one
• entering every
• entering into every
• went into every

• house after house;
• house after house,
• house to house,
• house to house
• house to house, he
• house to house. He
• house, and
• house after house, he
• house after house and
• house after house, and

• dragged off both
• dragging off
• dragged off
• dragging out
• dragged

• men and

• women and
• women, and
• women
• women,

• put
• committed
• throw
• putting
• threw
• sending

• them in
• them to
• them into

• prison.
• prison;
• jail.

Acts 8:4

• Now those who were
• Now those who had been
• Therefore those who were
• The believers who were

• scattered,
• scattered

• went from

• place to place
• place to place,

• preaching the
• proclaiming the

• word.
• good news.
• good news of the word.

Acts 8:5

• Philip
• Philip, for
• Then Philip
• And Philip

• went down to the
• went down to a
• went to the

• city of
• city in
• main city of

• Samaria, and
• Samaria and

• proclaimed the
• began proclaiming the
• preached about the
• told people about the
• proclaimed to

• Christ to them.
• Christ.
• Messiah to them.
• them the Christ.
• Messiah.

Acts 8:6

• And the multitudes with one
• The crowds with one
• And the crowds with one

• accord

• paid
• listened

• attention to what
• eagerly to what

• was
• was being

• said by

• Philip, when
• Philip when
• Philip, as
• Philip as
• Philip,

• they

• heard
• listened to

• him and saw the

• signs that
• miracles that
• signs

• he

• did.
• did,
• was performing.
• performed.

Acts 8:7

• for unclean
• For unclean

• spirits,
• spirits

• crying with a
• crying with
• crying out with a

• loud voice, came out of many who were

• possessed; and
• possessed, and

• many who were paralyzed and

• lame,
• lame

• were

• healed.
• cured;
• cured.

Acts 8:8

• So there was
• and there was
• And there was
• There was

• great
• much

• joy in that
• rejoicing in that

• city!
• city.
• town.

Acts 8:9

• A man
• But there was a man
• Now there was a man
• Now a certain man

• named

• Simon
• Simon who had
• Simon, who had
• Simon had
• Simon, who

• had
• used to
• previously

• practiced
• practice

• magic in the
• sorcery in the
• sorcery in that

• city, and
• city and

• amazing the
• amazed the
• amazed all the
• astonishing the

• people of
• nation of

• Samaria,
• Samaria.

• claiming to
• saying that
• claiming that

• be
• he was
• he himself was

• someone
• somebody

• great;
• great,
• great.
• great one,
• great one:

Acts 8:10

• They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man

• is the
• is that
• has the

• power of

• God that
• God, which
• God which

• is

• called ‘
• called
• called ‘the
• called “The
• called ‘The

• Great.’
• great.”
• Great. ”’
• Great.”
• Great Power. ”’
• Great Power’!”
• Great Power”.’
• Great Power.”

Acts 8:11

• They
• And they

• paid attention to

• him, because for a
• him because for a

• long time he had

• amazed
• astounded
• astonished

• them with
• them by

• his

• magic.
• magic arts.

Acts 8:12

• But when they

• believed
• came to believe

• Philip, as
• Philip as
• Philip

• he
• ’s

• preached the
• was proclaiming the

• good

• news about the
• news of the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

Acts 8:13

• [Translation pending]

Acts 8:14

• Now when the apostles in
• The apostles in
• When the apostles in
• Now when the apostles at
• Now when the apostles who were at

• Jerusalem

• heard that
• heard that the

• Samaria
• people of Samaria
• Samaritans
• people in Samaria

• had

• accepted the
• received the

• word of
• Word of

• God.
• God,
• God, so
• God. So

• they
• They

• sent Peter and John to

• them,
• them.
• them;

Acts 8:15

• When they
• When Peter and John
• who, when they
• Peter and John

• arrived,
• had come

• they
• down and
• down,

• prayed for
• prayed that the
• prayed for the

• them that
• them, that
• Samaritan

• they
• believers

• might
• would

• receive the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit,—
• spirit,
• Spirit.
• Spirit:
• Spirit,
• Spirit;
• Spirit

Acts 8:16

• for he
• For He
• These people had been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. But the Holy Spirit
• These people had been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, but the Holy Spirit
• for as yet he
• The Holy Spirit
• for it

• had not yet

• come upon any of
• come down on any of
• fallen on any of
• come on any of
• fallen upon any of

• them:
• them.
• them;
• them, but

• they
• They

• had

• only
• simply

• been

• baptized in the
• baptized into the
• baptised in the

• name of the Lord

• Jesus;
• Jesus.
• Jesus).
• Jesus.)

Acts 8:17

• Then they

• laid
• placed
• began laying

• their hands on
• hands on
• their hands on the

• them and
• them, and
• them. And
• people,
• them, and the
• them and the

• they received the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit.
• spirit.

Acts 8:18

• When Simon
• Simon
• Now when Simon
• Now Simon, when he

• saw that the

• spirit
• Spirit

• was

• given through the
• bestowed through the

• laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them

• money,
• money.
• money

Acts 8:19

• saying,
• saying, “
• saying, ‘
• and said, ‘
• and said, “
• He said, “
• He said, ‘

• Give me this

• power
• power,

• too, so that

• anyone on whom
• anyone
• everyone on whom
• everyone

• I

• lay
• place

• my hands on
• my hands,
• my hands
• hands

• may
• will

• receive the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit.
• spirit.”
• Spirit!”
• Spirit.”
• Spirit.’

Acts 8:20

• But Peter
• Peter

• said to

• him, “May
• him, “You and
• him, “

• your
• Your
• you and your

• money
• silver

• perish with
• be destroyed with

• you, because
• you because

• you

• thought
• think
• thought that

• you could

• buy the
• obtain the

• gift of God with

• money.
• money!
• money?

Acts 8:21

• You cannot share with us in this work. Your heart is not

• right before
• right with

• God!
• God.
• God.’

Acts 8:22

• Repent

• therefore of this,
• therefore of this

• your

• wickedness, and
• wickedness and

• pray the
• pray to the
• ask

• God if
• God, if

• perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven

• you.
• you,
• you!”

Acts 8:23

• for I
• For I
• I can
• I

• see that
• see

• you

• are
• are in the

• gall of
• full of
• poisoned by

• bitterness and in the
• bitterness and
• bitterness, and
• bitter envy and
• bitter jealousy and

• bond of
• bound by
• bondage of

• iniquity.”
• iniquity.
• unrighteousness.”

Acts 8:24

• Simon
• But Simon
• Then Simon
• And Simon

• answered, “
• answered, ‘
• said, ‘
• said, “
• answered and said, “
• answered, “Both of
• replied, “
• replied, ‘

• Pray to the
• you pray to the
• You pray to the

• Lord for

• me so that
• me, that
• me that
• me,

• nothing of what
• nothing
• so that none of the things
• none of the things
• so that what

• youhave

• said
• spoken about
• spoken of

• may
• will
• won’t
• will not

• happen to
• come upon

• me.
• me.”
• me.’
• me!”

Acts 8:25

• So, when
• So when
• They therefore, when

• they

• had
• had solemnly

• testified and

• spoken the
• proclaimed the

• Word of the
• word of the
• message of the

• Lord.
• Lord,

• they
• Peter and John

• returned to
• went back to

• Jerusalem,
• Jerusalem. On the way
• Jerusalem, and

• preaching the
• they preached the
• they told the
• preached the

• Good News in
• good news in
• Good News to
• good news to
• gospel to

• many

• villages of the
• villages in
• villages of

• Samaritans.
• Samaria.

Acts 8:26

• An angel of the
• Now an angel of the
• But an angel of the
• An angel from the
• The angel of the
• Then an angel of the

• Lord

• spoke to
• said to

• Philip: “
• Philip
• Philip,
• Philip, “

• Get
• saying, “
• saying, “Get

• up and
• ready and
• Rise and
• Arise, and
• Arise and

• go
• go toward the

• south to the
• south on the
• south along the

• road that goes down from Jerusalem to

• Gaza.” (This
• Gaza. This
• Gaza.” This
• Gaza, the

• is a
• desert
• is

• desert.
• desert.”
• desert road.)
• desert place.
• road.’
• road.”

Acts 8:27

• So he
• And he

• got up and
• rose and

• went; and there
• went. And there

• was an
• was a

• Ethiopian
• Ethiopian, a
• man of Ethiopia, a

• eunuch, a
• eunuch of

• court
• great

• official of
• authority under
• official of the

• Candace,
• Candace the
• Candace, the

• queen of the
• queen of

• Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her

• treasury.
• money.

• He had

• come to
• gone to

• Jerusalem to
• Jerusalem

• worship.
• worship
• worship;
• worship,

Acts 8:28

• and was
• and he was
• now he was on his
• Now he was on his

• returning and
• returning home;
• returning home.
• returning home,
• way home. He was
• returning,
• returning;

• sitting in
• Seated in
• seated in

• his

• chariot.
• chariot
• chariot,
• chariot, and
• carriage,

• He
• he

• was reading the prophet Isaiah.

Acts 8:29

• The Spirit
• And the Spirit
• The Holy Spirit
• Then the Spirit

• said to
• told

• Philip: “
• Philip, ‘
• Philip, “

• Go to that chariot and stay near
• Go over and join this
• Go up and join this

• chariot.’
• chariot.
• chariot.”
• chariot;’
• it.”
• carriage.”
• carriage.’

Acts 8:30

• So Philip

• ran
• ran to

• him, and
• him and
• up to it and
• up and
• up, and

• heard
• heard the

• him
• man

• reading
• reading the
• reading from the
• reading from

• prophet Isaiah.

• He
• Philip

• asked, ‘
• asked, “

• Do you understand what you

• are
• ’re

• reading?”
• reading?’
• reading?

Acts 8:31

• And he
• He
• The man
• The official

• replied, “How
• replied, ‘How
• said, “How
• answered, “How

• can
• could

• I unless
• I, unless
• I

• someone
• understand unless someone
• someone to

• guides
• explains it to
• explain it to
• guide
• instructs

• me?” And
• me?” and
• me.” So
• me?’ So
• me?” So
• me?”
• me.” Then
• me!” Then

• He
• he
• Then he

• invited
• asked
• urged

• Philip to come up and

• sit with
• sit beside
• sit by

• him.
• his side.

Acts 8:32

• Now the

• passage of
• passage of the

• scripture which
• Scripture which
• scripture that
• Scripture that
• Scripture
• scripture
• Scripture the
• scripture the

• he
• man
• official

• was reading

• was this:
• was this, “
• was this: “

• He was

• led like a
• led as a

• sheep to the
• sheep to

• slaughter; And as a
• slaughter, and as a
• slaughter, and like a
• slaughter and like a

• lamb before its

• shearer
• wool

• is
• is being

• silent, So
• silent, so
• silent so
• cut off.

• He
• he

• did
• does

• not
• n’t

• open

• his
• His

• mouth.

Acts 8:33

• In His
• In his
• He was

• humiliation
• humiliated and
• humiliated, and

• justice was

• denied
• taken from
• taken away from

• him. Who
• Him. Who

• will
• can

• describe
• speak of
• declare
• tell the story of

• his
• His

• generation? For
• descendants? For
• descendants, because
• descendants because
• posterity? For

• his
• His

• life

• is
• was

• taken from the
• taken away from the

• earth.’
• earth.
• earth?
• earth.”

Acts 8:34

• The eunuch
• The official
• And the eunuch
• Then the eunuch

• said to
• asked
• answered

• Philip, “
• Philip, “Please,
• Philip, ‘Please
• Philip, “Please
• Philip, “About whom,

• Tell
• tell
• I

• me,
• me, who
• me, of whom
• ask you, about whom

• is the
• does the
• was the
• please, who is the
• please. Who is the

• prophet

• talking about
• talking about?
• say this, about

• himself, or about
• himself or about
• himself or
• himself, or
• Himself, or
• Himself or
• himself or of

• someone

• else?’
• else?
• else?”

Acts 8:35

• Then Philip
• Philip

• began to speak. He started with this same Scripture and told the man the Good News about Jesus.

Acts 8:36

• As they
• And as they
• While they
• Now as they

• were going along the
• were traveling down the
• traveled along the
• went along the
• went down the

• road
• road,

• they came to some

• water and the
• water. And the
• water, and the
• water; and the
• water. The

• eunuch
• official

• said, ‘
• said, “

• Look, here is
• Look! Here is
• See! Here is
• See, here is
• Look!
• Look, there’s some
• Look! There’s some
• Look, there is
• Here is some

• Water! What
• water: what
• water! What
• water; what
• water. What
• water! Why
• water. Why

• prevents
• is to prevent
• would keep
• is to stop
• is stopping

• me from
• my

• being

• baptized?’ ;
• baptized?”
• baptised?’

Acts 8:37

• Philip
• And Philip

• said, “If
• answered, “if
• answered, “If
• answered, ‘If

• you believe with all your

• heart,
• heart

• you

• may.” And
• can.” The
• may.”
• may.” The

• He
• he
• eunuch
• man
• official

• replied, “
• answered, “
• answered; “
• said, ‘
• said, “
• answered and said, “

• I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of

• God.”
• God.’

Acts 8:38

• He
• and he
• And he
• So he
• The official
• Then he

• ordered the
• commanded the

• chariot to
• carriage to

• stop, and
• stop; and
• stop, and both
• stop, and both of
• stop. Both

• they both
• Philip and the eunuch
• Philip and the official
• they
• Philip and the eunuch both

• went down into the

• water and
• water, and
• water,
• water.
• water—
• water, both
• water—both

• Philip
• he
• Philip and the eunuch; and he
• Philip and the eunuch, and he

• baptized
• baptised

• him.

Acts 8:39

• When they
• And when they
• and when they
• Now when they

• came up out of the
• came out of the

• water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away

• Philip; and the
• Philip, and the

• eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his

• way,
• way

• rejoicing.
• rejoicing;
• full of joy.

Acts 8:40

• But Philip was found at

• Azotus, and
• Azotus and
• Azotus: and
• Azotus, and as
• Azotus.

• Passing through,
• passing through
• he passed through

• he

• preached the
• proclaimed the

• Good News to all the
• good news to all the
• good news in all the
• gospel to all the

• towns until
• towns, until
• cities, until
• cities until
• cities till
• cities, till
• towns till

• he

• came to
• reached

• Caesarea.