Acts 8
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The verses these writers stop at
- 8:29 The Spirit told Philip, "Go up to that chariot and stay with it." 8
- 8:21 You have no part or portion in this, because in God's eyes your heart is not right. 7
- 8:36 As they traveled on along the road, they came to some water. "There is water here!" the eunuch exclaimed. "Is there any reason I should not be baptized?" 6
- 8:15 The two went down and prayed for the people there to receive the Holy Spirit, 5
- 8:27 So Philip got up and went. And there on the road was a man from Ethiopia, a eunuch, a high official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had come to Jerusalem to worship, 5
- 8:30 Philip ran over to him and heard him reading aloud from the prophet Isaiah. "Do you know what it is you are reading?" he asked. 5
- 8:1 Saul, for his part, gave his full approval to Stephen's death. That same day a fierce persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except the apostles was driven out into the country districts of Judea and Samaria. 4
- 8:4 Those who had been scattered went from place to place, announcing the good news of the message. 4
- 8:13 Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized he stayed close to Philip. When he saw the signs and great miracles that were happening, he was astounded. 4
- 8:22 So turn from this wickedness of yours and pray to the Lord. It may be that he will forgive you for what you had in your heart, 4
- 8:28 and now he was on his way home, seated in his chariot and reading the prophet Isaiah. 4
- 8:31 "How could I," he said, "if no one guides me?" He asked Philip to climb up and sit beside him. 4
- 8:38 He gave orders to halt the chariot, and the two of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. 4
- 8:12 But when Philip announced the good news of God's kingdom and of the name of Jesus Christ, they believed him, and both men and women were baptized. 3
- 8:26 An angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get ready and head south, to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.) 3
- 8:34 The eunuch said to Philip, "Please tell me, who is the prophet talking about here? Is he speaking of himself, or of another person?" 3
- 8:35 Then Philip spoke up. Starting from that very Scripture, he made Jesus known to him as good news. 3
- 8:39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away. The eunuch did not see him again, but he traveled on with a glad heart. 3
- 8:2 Some devout men gave Stephen a burial and mourned loudly for him. 2
- 8:14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 2
- 8:16 for the Spirit had not yet come down on any of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 2
- 8:32 The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, and like a lamb that makes no sound while it is sheared, he did not open his mouth. 2
- 8:33 When he was humiliated, justice was denied him. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life is taken away from the earth." 2
- 8:40 Philip, for his part, turned up at Azotus. He went on through the region, announcing the good news in every town until he reached Caesarea. 2
- 8:8 So there was great joy in that city. 1
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Where it is preached
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites Acts 8:29
…and might” because He gives us counsel in all our plans and strength to carry them out (Acts 8:29, 16:6-7 1:8). It is our privilege to have God's counsel in all our plans and God's…
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.4 The Right Understanding of the Law cites Acts 8: 1
…cast one stone at Stephen, yet the Scripture says, ‘Saul was consenting unto his death.’ Acts 8: 1. Thus he had a hand in it. If several combined to murder a man, and should tell another…
- The Big Story ·
To the Ends of the Earth cites Acts 8:1
…death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem” (Acts 8:1). The believers scattered, talking about Jesus wherever they went. Persecution meant to…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins ·
Good News in Samaria cites Acts 8:1–17
…first book? “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” Read it in your Bible: Acts 8:1–17 Dear God, thank you that you can use even bad things for good. Thank you that the good…
- Knots Untied ·
The Church cites Acts viii. 1
…23.)?(2) It is applied to the baptized Christians of a particular place or district. (Acts viii. 1.) (3) It is applied to a small number of professing Christians, in a particular family.…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
Faithful Hands cites Acts 8:2
“And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.” — Acts 8:2, ASV The Council The men who gathered outside the hut at Chitambo’s village on the…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 8:2
…price for baptism, fell, and became the evangelist of his people. Scriptures to revisit Acts 8:26-39; 1 Peter 3:15. Reflection 1. How would you answer Sechele’s question about his…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Church and the Body of Christ cites Acts 8:4
…took Acts seriously. The early church was scattered and “went about preaching the word” (Acts 8:4, ASV). Mission is not only the work of professional missionaries. Businesspeople…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
Aggressive Christianity cites ACTS 8:4
…ever been. Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. ACTS 8:4 Only do it She knew the objections. You must be careful and judicious, people told her…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
The Church in the Place cites ACTS 8:4
…place. Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. ACTS 8:4 The persecution in Acts 8 destroyed the Jerusalem church as a single visible congregation…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites Act. 8.4
…and examples of the godly, both specified in the Word and other ancient histories (Act. 8.4; 18.24, 25; 1 Pet. 4.10; Rom. 12.6; Foxe’s Acts and Monuments). 271. Wherefore, though of…
- Old Paths ·
Conversion cites Acts viii. 8
…converted through Philip’s preaching. We read that “there was great joy in that city.” (Acts viii. 8.) Let us hear what the Ethiopian eunuch felt in the day of his conversion. We read that…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit cites Acts viii. 12
…Holy Spirit, Rom. viii. 9, but not every believer has the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, (Acts viii. 12‒16; xix. 1‒2). We shall see very soon that every believer may have the baptism of the…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites Acts 8:12
…and additional to it to be baptised with the Holy Spirit. The same thing is evident from Acts 8:12, compared with the fifteenth and sixteenth verses of the same chapter. In the twelfth…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Acts viii. 13
…he must have baptized them, but in 1 Cor. i. 14, he declares he had not baptized them. Acts viii. 13, 21, 23, shows that a man may be baptized, and yet his heart not be “right in the sight…
- Practical Religion ·
Reality cites Acts viii. 13
…in the sight of God. It is even written of the devils that they "believe and tremble." (Acts viii. 13; James ii. 19.) Is there not an unreal holiness? Beyond doubt there is. Joash, king of…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
V. Truly gracious affections are attended with a reasonable and spiritual conviction of the judgment, of the reality and certainty of divine things cites Acts 8:13
…signs which were done; but yet remained in the gall of bitterness, and bond of iniquity, Acts 8:13, 23. And if there is such a belief or assent of the judgment in some natural men, none…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 6 — Of the Primacy of the Romish See cites Acts 8:14
…11:3). Being ordered by his colleagues to go with John into Samaria, he declines not (Acts 8:14). The apostles, by sending him, declare that they by no means regard him as a superior…
- The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey ·
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites ACTS 8:15–16
…he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) ACTS 8:15–16 From passages like these Torrey concluded that a person may be truly born again and not…
- Baptism with the Holy Spirit ·
How the Baptism with the Holy Spirit can be obtained cites Acts 8:15
…believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,” and they did then and there. (Acts 8:15, 17). Paul of Tarsus was not obliged to wait in the ninth chapter of the Acts. Ananias…
- How to Pray ·
The Importance of Prayer cites Acts 8:15
…FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, and they spake the Word of God with boldness.’” “How about Acts 8:15? was that before Pentecost or after?” “After.” “Please read.” “‘Who, when they were come…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 19 — Of the Five Sacraments, Falsely So Called cites Acts 8:15
…themselves to be imitators of the apostles. But what did the apostles do? Luke narrates (Acts 8:15, 17), that the apostles who were at Jerusalem, when they heard that Samaria had received…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 15 — Of Baptism cites Acts 8:16
…Christ, though they were enjoined to baptise in the name of the Father and Spirit also (Acts 8:16; 19:5; Mt. 28:19). For all the divine gifts held forth in baptism are found in Christ…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 3 — Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church cites Acts 8:17
…did the same thing over those on whom they conferred the visible gifts of the Spirit (Acts 8:17; 19:6). However this be, it was the regular form, whenever they called any one to the…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
What It Is to Mortify a Sin cites ACTS 8:21–23
…For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. ACTS 8:21–23 A sin can be exchanged for another as easily as a coat. Owen notes, with a dry realism…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
June cites Acts viii. 21
…what is your crime.—Macduff. June 24 Thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Acts viii. 21. The worst of all mockeries is a religion that leaves the heart unchanged: a religion…
- Godliness ·
Saving Faith cites Acts 8:21
…true condition became clear. As the apostle said: “Your heart is not right before God.” Acts 8:21 No one is converted whose heart is not right with God. That is the test. If Simon had…
- Holiness ·
Without Christ cites Acts viii. 21
…was baptized, and yet was distinctly told that he had “no part or lot in this matter.” (Acts viii. 21.) Head-knowledge is no proof that we are joined to Christ. The devils know Christ well…
- Old Paths ·
The Heart cites Acts viii. 21
“Give Me thine heart.”—Prov. xxiii. 26. “Thy heart is not right in the sight of God.”—Acts viii. 21. The heart is the main thing in religion. I make no excuse for asking the special…
- Knots Untied ·
Baptism cites Acts viii. 21
…that we can see, none at all! Their hearts were “not right in the sight of God.” (Acts viii. 21.) They remained “dead in trespasses and sins,” and were “dead while they lived.” (Ephes.…
- Practical Religion ·
Prayer cites Acts viii. 22
…the Lord," says Hosea. (Hosea xiv. 1.) "Repent and pray," says Peter to Simon Magus. (Acts viii. 22.) If you want faith and a new heart, go and cry to the Lord for them. The very attempt to…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites Acts 8:22
…despair. He is rather told to hope, since Peter invites him to have recourse to prayer (Acts 8:22). 27. What shall we say to the fact, that occasionally whole churches have been…
- Old Paths ·
Repentance cites Acts viii. 22
…I find him saying, “Pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven.” (Acts viii. 22.) I am content to follow in the Apostle’s wake. I say the same to every one who is…
- All Things for Good ·
Effectual calling cites Acts viii. 23
…Every man is by sin bound in fetters. “I perceive that thou art in the bond of iniquity” (Acts viii. 23). A man that is in fetters, if you use arguments, and persuade him to go, is that…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins ·
Philip and the Man from Ethiopia cites Acts 8:26–40
…Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus” (Acts 8:35). Read it in your Bible: Acts 8:26–40 Dear God, thank you that you care about every single person. Help me to listen to you and…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Acts 8:27
…fatigue and expense of a long and difficult journey to obtain an opportunity of worship (Acts 8:27, 31); and yet we see how, when interrogated by Philip, he betrays his ignorance of the…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
Isn’t Christianity a Western Religion? cites Acts 8:27
…One of the first non-Jewish believers was “an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official” (Acts 8:27). And the church at Antioch was led by a team that included “Simeon called Niger, Lucius…
- Practical Religion ·
Bible-Reading cites Acts viii. 28
…that book in a childlike persevering spirit,—like the Ethiopian eunuch, and the Bereans (Acts viii. 28; xvii. 11),—and miss the way to heaven. Yes, many a broken cistern will be exposed to…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
The General Conditions of Success in Bringing Men to Christ cites Acts viii. 29
…us to speak, and we must ask Him to point him out to us, and, expect Him to do it. (Acts viii. 29). (2). We must pray God to show us just what to say to those to whom He leads us. After…
- The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey ·
How to Bring Men to Christ cites ACTS 8:29
…vastly more. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. ACTS 8:29 And he must be endued with the power of the Holy Spirit, the subject to which the book’s…
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