Acts 8:5

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“Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.”

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“Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 8:5 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
  2. John 4:25The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
  3. Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
  4. Acts 5:42Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
  5. Acts 6:5This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
  6. Acts 8:1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
  7. Acts 8:14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
  8. Acts 8:35Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
  9. Acts 8:40But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
  10. Acts 9:20Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
  11. Acts 17:2As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
  12. Acts 21:8Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
  13. 1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
  14. 1 Corinthians 2:2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
  15. 1 Corinthians 3:11For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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