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8:1  And Saul approved of their killing him. That day a severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.
8:2  Devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
8:3  But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison.
8:4  Now those who were scattered went from place to place, proclaiming the word.
8:5  Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.
8:6  The crowds with one accord listened eagerly to what was said by Philip, hearing and seeing the signs that he did,
8:7  for unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, came out of many who were possessed; and many others who were paralysed or lame were cured.
8:8  So there was great joy in that city.
8:9  Now a certain man named Simon had previously practised magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he was someone great.
8:10  All of them, from the least to the greatest, listened to him eagerly, saying, ‘This man is the power of God that is called Great.’
8:11  And they listened eagerly to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.
8:12  But when they believed Philip, who was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
8:13  Even Simon himself believed. After being baptized, he stayed constantly with Philip and was amazed when he saw the signs and great miracles that took place.
8:14  Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
8:15  The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit
8:16  (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus).
8:17  Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
8:18  Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
8:19  saying, ‘Give me also this power so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.’
8:20  But Peter said to him, ‘May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God’s gift with money!
8:21  You have no part or share in this, for your heart is not right before God.
8:22  Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
8:23  For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and the chains of wickedness.’
8:24  Simon answered, ‘Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.’
8:25  Now after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.
8:26  Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a wilderness road.)
8:27  So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
8:28  and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
8:29  Then the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go over to this chariot and join it.’
8:30  So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’
8:31  He replied, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’ And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.
8:32  Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: ‘Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.
8:33  In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.’
8:34  The eunuch asked Philip, ‘About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?’
8:35  Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus.
8:36  As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?’
8:38  He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
8:39  When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
8:40  But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.