Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. Act 22:20Dan 3:16-18Act 5:40Act 1:8Act 5:33Act 7:58Luk 11:49-50Act 8:14 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him. Gen 50:10-111Sa 28:32Ch 32:332Ch 35:252Sa 3:31Act 10:2Act 2:5Deu 34:8 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison. 1Ti 1:131Co 15:9Gal 1:13Php 3:6Act 22:19Act 7:58Act 9:21Act 22:3-4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word. Mat 10:231Th 2:2Act 11:19Act 8:1Act 14:2-7Act 15:35 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. Act 6:5Act 21:8Act 8:35-36Act 8:401Co 1:231Co 3:11Act 5:421Co 2:2 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did. Jhn 4:41-422Ch 30:12Act 13:44Mat 20:15-16 For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. Mat 10:1Act 14:8-10Act 5:16Mrk 16:17-18Heb 2:4Act 3:6-7Act 9:33-34Isa 35:6 There was great joy in that city. Act 13:52Act 13:48Act 8:39Isa 35:1-2Luk 2:10-11Psa 96:10-12Psa 98:2-6Rom 15:9-12
But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one, Act 13:6Act 5:36Jhn 7:18Exo 8:18-19Act 19:18-20Lev 20:6Act 16:16-18Act 8:11 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.” 2Pe 2:2Jer 31:34Rev 13:31Co 1:242Co 11:19Act 14:11Act 28:6Eph 4:14 They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries. Act 8:9Gal 3:1Isa 44:25Isa 47:9-13Isa 8:19 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Act 2:38Act 1:3Mat 28:191Pe 3:21Act 2:41Act 28:31Gal 3:28Rom 10:10 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed. Act 19:11Act 8:6-7Jhn 5:20Jhn 8:30-31Act 13:44Jas 2:19-26Jhn 2:23-25Jhn 7:21
Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 1Th 2:131Th 3:2Act 8:1Gal 2:9Act 11:1Act 11:19-22Act 15:4Act 17:11 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; Act 2:38Jhn 16:23-24Jhn 14:13-14Mat 18:19Php 1:19 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus. Act 2:38Act 19:2Mat 28:19Act 19:5-6Act 11:15-171Co 1:13-15Act 10:44-48Gal 3:27 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Act 19:6Act 6:62Ti 1:6Act 8:18Act 2:4Act 9:17Heb 6:2Num 27:18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 1Ti 6:5Mat 10:82Ki 8:92Ki 5:15-16Ezk 13:19 saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.” Luk 14:7-113Jn 1:9Jhn 5:44Mat 18:1-31Co 15:8-9Act 8:17Act 8:9-11 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! Act 2:38Dan 5:17Mat 10:8Rev 18:151Ti 6:92Pe 2:14-17Jas 5:32Ki 5:15-16 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God. Heb 4:13Jhn 21:17Mat 6:22-24Psa 36:12Ch 25:2Rev 2:23Rev 22:19Hab 2:4 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 2Ti 2:25-26Dan 4:27Heb 4:12Act 17:30Act 9:11Luk 11:9-13Mat 7:7-8Rom 2:4 For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.” Isa 58:6Pro 5:22Heb 12:15Jhn 8:34Isa 28:22Tit 3:32Pe 2:192Pe 2:4
Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.” Exo 8:8Num 21:7Job 42:81Ki 13:6Exo 10:17Exo 12:32Gen 20:7Jas 5:16
They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans. Act 20:211Pe 5:12Act 1:8Act 18:5Act 26:22-23Act 28:23Act 28:28Act 28:31
Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.” Act 5:192Ki 1:3Heb 1:14Act 27:23Act 10:22Act 12:23Act 10:7Act 12:8-11
He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship. Psa 68:31Zep 3:10Isa 56:3-8Jer 38:7Psa 87:41Ki 8:41-43Jhn 12:20Mat 12:42 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. Col 3:16Act 28:25Isa 1:12Ti 3:15-17Act 17:11-12Deu 11:18-20Deu 17:18-19Deu 6:6-7
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.” Act 10:19Act 11:12Act 13:2-4Act 20:22-23Act 16:6-71Ti 4:1Act 21:11Hos 6:3
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” Luk 24:44-45Eph 5:17Jhn 5:39Mat 13:23Mat 15:10Mat 13:51Mat 24:15Act 8:27
He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him. Rom 10:14Isa 29:18-19Psa 73:16-17Pro 30:2-3Psa 25:8-91Co 8:2Mat 18:3-41Co 14:36-37 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, Isa 53:7-81Pe 2:21-24Jer 51:40Jer 11:19Rom 8:36Psa 44:11-12Psa 39:9Psa 39:2
“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
so he doesn’t open his mouth.
In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Isa 53:12Isa 53:8Php 2:8-9Zec 13:7Isa 53:10Dan 9:26Isa 10:2Isa 5:23
Who will declare His generation?
For his life is taken from the earth.” 1
The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?” Mat 15:15Mat 13:36Mat 2:2-4
Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus. Luk 24:27Act 18:281Co 2:2Act 28:23Mat 5:2Act 5:421Co 1:231Pe 1:11-12 As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?” Act 10:47Jhn 3:5Jhn 3:23Tit 3:5-61Jn 5:6Ezk 36:25
2 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. Jhn 4:1Jhn 3:22-23
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing. 1Ki 18:122Ki 2:16Ezk 8:3Ezk 43:5Ezk 11:1Ezk 11:24Ezk 3:12-142Co 12:2-4 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea. Act 21:8Act 10:1Act 23:23Act 23:33Act 25:41Sa 5:1Act 10:24Act 12:19