Acts 8:1
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 emissaries.
Acts 8:2
Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
Acts 8:3
But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.
Acts 8:4
Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around proclaiming the word.
Acts 8:5
Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Messiah.
Acts 8:6
The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
Acts 8:7
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.
Acts 8:8
There was great joy in that city.
Acts 8:9
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,
Acts 8:10
to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that great power of God.
Acts 8:11
They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip proclaiming good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Yeshua the Messiah, they were immersed, both men and women.
Acts 8:13
Simon himself also believed. Being immersed, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
Acts 8:14
Now when the emissaries who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and Yochanan to them,
Acts 8:15
who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
Acts 8:16
for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua.
Acts 8:17
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:18
Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the emissaries hands, he offered them money,
Acts 8:19
saying, Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:20
But Peter said to him, May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Acts 8:21
You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isnt right before God.
Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 8:23
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.
Acts 8:24
Simon answered, Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.
Acts 8:25
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.
Acts 8:26
But 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.
Acts 8:27
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.
Acts 8:28
He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
Acts 8:29
The Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.
Acts 8:30
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Do you understand what you are reading?
Acts 8:31
He said, How can I, unless someone explains it to me? He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Acts 8:32
Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesnt open his mouth.
Acts 8:33
In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.
Acts 8:34
The eunuch answered Philip, Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?
Acts 8:35
Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Yeshua.
Acts 8:36
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 immersed?
Acts 8:37
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Textual Variant: Verse 8:37 is omitted by most important manuscripts. Some later Traditional text manuscripts include a theological interpolation that managed to slip into the Peshitta’s text. The interpolation said: “And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart you may. The eunuch answered, I believe that Yeshua the Messiah is the son of God”. The theological implications of this interpolation are obvious.