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| Acts 8:1 | And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles; | And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. | And Saul fully approved of his murder. At this time a great persecution broke out against the Church in Jerusalem, and all except the Apostles were scattered throughout Judaea and Samaria. |
| Acts 8:2 | and devout men carried away Stephen, and made great lamentation over him; | And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. | A party of devout men, however, buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him. |
| Acts 8:3 | and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison; | But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison. | But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison. |
| Acts 8:4 | they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news the word. | They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word. | Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message; |
| Acts 8:5 | And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ, | And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ. | while Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ there. |
| Acts 8:6 | the multitudes also were giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, with one accord, in their hearing and seeing the signs that he was doing, | And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did. | Crowds of people, with one accord, gave attention to what they heard from him, listening, and witnessing the signs which he did. |
| Acts 8:7 | for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed, | For [from] many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed. | For, with a loud cry, foul spirits came out of many possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame persons were restored to health. |
| Acts 8:8 | and there was great joy in that city. | And there was much joy in that city. | And there was great joy in that city. |
| Acts 8:9 | And a certain man, by name Simon, was before in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one, | But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: | Now for some time past there had been a man named Simon living there, who had been practising magic and astonishing the Samaritans, pretending that he was more than human. |
| Acts 8:10 | to whom they were all giving heed, from small unto great, saying, `This one is the great power of God;` | to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great. | To him people of all classes paid attention, declaring, "This man is the Power of God, known as the great Power." |
| Acts 8:11 | and they were giving heed to him, because of his having for a long time amazed them with deeds of magic. | And they gave heed to him, because that of long time he had amazed them with his sorceries. | His influence over them arose from their having been, for a long time, bewildered by his sorceries. |
| Acts 8:12 | And when they believed Philip, proclaiming good news, the things concerning the reign of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women; | But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. | But when Philip began to tell the Good News about the Kingdom of God and about the Name of Jesus Christ, and they embraced the faith, they were baptized, men and women alike. |
| Acts 8:13 | and Simon also himself did believe, and, having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip, beholding also signs and mighty acts being done, he was amazed. | And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed. | Simon himself also believed, and after being baptized remained in close attendance on Philip, and was full of amazement at seeing such signs and such great miracles performed. |
| Acts 8:14 | And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John, | Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: | When the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had accepted God's Message, they sent Peter and John to visit them. |
| Acts 8:15 | who having come down did pray concerning them, that they may receive the Holy Spirit, | who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit: | They, when they came down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit: |
| Acts 8:16 | for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized to the name of the Lord Jesus; | for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. | for He had not as yet fallen upon any of them. They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. |
| Acts 8:17 | then were they laying hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. | Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. | Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit. |
| Acts 8:18 | And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money, | Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, | When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, he offered them money. |
| Acts 8:19 | saying, `Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.` | saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. | "Give me too," he said, "that power, so that every one on whom I place my hands will receive the Holy Spirit." |
| Acts 8:20 | And Peter said unto him, `Thy silver with thee may it be to destruction! because the gift of God thou didst think to possess through money; | But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money. | "Perish your money and yourself," replied Peter, "because you have imagined that you can obtain God's free gift with money! |
| Acts 8:21 | thou hast neither part nor lot in this thing, for thy heart is not right before God; | Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God. | No part or lot have you in this matter, for your heart is not right in God's sight. |
| Acts 8:22 | reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee, | Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee. | Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, in the hope that the purpose which is in your heart may perhaps be forgiven you. |
| Acts 8:23 | for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive thee being.` | For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity. | For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness." |
| Acts 8:24 | And Simon answering, said, `Beseech ye for me unto the Lord, that nothing may come upon me of the things ye have spoken.` | And Simon answered and said, Pray ye for me to the Lord, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me. | "Pray, both of you, to the Lord for me," answered Simon, "that nothing of what you have said may come upon me." |
| Acts 8:25 | They indeed, therefore, having testified fully, and spoken the word of the Lord, did turn back to Jerusalem; in many villages also of the Samaritans they did proclaim good news. | They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. | So the Apostles, after giving a solemn charge and delivering the Lord's Message, travelled back to Jerusalem, making known the Good News also in many of the Samaritan villages. |
| Acts 8:26 | And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, `Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,` this is desert. | But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza: the same is desert. | And an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and proceed south to the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza, crossing the Desert." |
| Acts 8:27 | And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem; | And he arose and went: and behold, 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; | Upon this he rose and went. Now, as it happened, an Ethiopian eunuch who was in a position of high authority with Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, as her treasurer, had visited Jerusalem to worship there, |
| Acts 8:28 | he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. | and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. | and was now on his way home; and as he sat in his chariot he was reading the Prophet Isaiah. |
| Acts 8:29 | And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;` | And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. | Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go and enter that chariot." |
| Acts 8:30 | and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?` | And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? | So Philip ran up and heard the eunuch reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked. |
| Acts 8:31 | and he said, `Why, how am I able, if some one may not guide me?` he called Philip also, having come up, to sit with him. | And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him. | "Why, how can I," replied the eunuch, "unless some one explains it to me?" And he earnestly invited Philip to come up and sit with him. |
| Acts 8:32 | And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: `As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth; | Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he openeth not his mouth: | The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "Like a sheep He was led to slaughter, and just as a lamb before its shearer is dumb so He opened not His mouth. |
| Acts 8:33 | in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.` | In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth. | In His humiliation justice was denied Him. Who will make known His posterity? For He is destroyed from among men." |
| Acts 8:34 | And the eunuch answering Philip said, `I pray thee, about whom doth the prophet say this? about himself, or about some other one?` | And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other? | "Pray, of whom is the Prophet speaking?" inquired the eunuch; "of himself or of some one else?" |
| Acts 8:35 | and Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him Jesus. | And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached unto him Jesus. | Then Philip began to speak, and, commencing with that same portion of Scripture, told him the Good News about Jesus. |
| Acts 8:36 | And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?` | And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? | So they proceeded on their way till they came to some water; and the eunuch exclaimed, "See, here is water; what is there to prevent my being baptized?" |
| Acts 8:37 | [And Philip said, `If thou dost believe out of all the heart, it is lawful;` and he answering said, `I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God;`] | [And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.] | [] |
| Acts 8:38 | and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him; | And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. | So he stopped the chariot; and both of them Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. |
| Acts 8:39 | and when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he was going on his way rejoicing; | And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing. | But no sooner had they come up out of the water than the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again. With a glad heart he resumed his journey; |
| Acts 8:40 | and Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through, he was proclaiming good news to all the cities, till his coming to Cesarea. | But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the gospel to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. | but Philip found himself at Ashdod. Then visiting town after town he everywhere made known the Good News until he reached Caesarea. |
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