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Acts 8

Acts 8:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
Philip
Philippos (Greek #5376)
fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Philip.
Pronounce: fil'-ip-pos
Origin: from 5384 and 2462
a went down
katerchomai (Greek #2718)
to come (or go) down (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: come (down), depart, descend, go down, land.
Pronounce: kat-er'-khom-ahee
Origin: from 2596 and 2064 (including its alternate)
to
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
the city
polis (Greek #4172)
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: pol'-is
Origin: probably from the same as 4171, or perhaps from 4183
of Samaria
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Samareia (Greek #4540)
Samaria (i.e. Shomeron), a city and region of Palestine
KJV usage: Samaria.
Pronounce: sam-ar'-i-ah
Origin: of Hebrew origin (08111)
, and preached
kerusso (Greek #2784)
to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel)
KJV usage: preacher(-er), proclaim, publish.
Pronounce: kay-roos'-so
Origin: of uncertain affinity
Christ
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
unto them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
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Acts 6:5• 5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch, (Acts 6:5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Acts 8:1,14‑15,40• 1And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.
 14And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;
 15who, having come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
 40And Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he announced the glad tidings to all the cities till he came to Caesarea. (Acts 8:1,14‑15,40)
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Acts 6:5• 5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch, (Acts 6:5)
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Acts 21:8• 8And leaving on the morrow, we came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him. (Acts 21:8)
the city.Rather, "to a city of Samaria," [eis polis Samaria] for the city of Samaria had been utterly destroyed by Hyrcanus, and the city built by Herod on its site was called [Sebaste,] that is, Augusta, in honour of Augustus. Samaria comprised the tract of country formerly occupied by the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, west of Jordan, lying between Judea and Galilee:
beginning, says Josephus, at Ginea in the great plain, and ending at the toparchy of Acrabateni.
Acts 1:8• 8but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8)
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Matt. 10:5‑6• 5These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into the way of the nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not;
 6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Matt. 10:5‑6)
preached.
Acts 8:35‑37• 35And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.
 36And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?
 37(Verse 37 is omitted in this translation.) (Acts 8:35‑37)
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Acts 5:42• 42And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus was the Christ. (Acts 5:42)
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Acts 9:20• 20And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that *he* is the Son of God. (Acts 9:20)
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Acts 17:2‑3• 2And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,
 3opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom *I* announce to you. (Acts 17:2‑3)
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John 4:25‑26• 25The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when *he* comes he will tell us all things.
 26Jesus says to her, I who speak to thee am he. (John 4:25‑26)
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1 Cor. 1:23• 23but *we* preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness; (1 Cor. 1:23)
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1 Cor. 2:2• 2For I did not judge it well to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified. (1 Cor. 2:2)
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1 Cor. 3:11• 11For other foundation can no man lay besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 3:11)
• The Samaritans were not Gentiles. Still it was a Hellenist who preached the gospel there. (“Acts 8” by J.N. Darby)
• Philip. He was one of the seven chosen by the saints and appointed by the apostles to do diaconal work in Jerusalem. But the ascended Lord had given him as an evangelist, we may learn expressly from Acts 21:8. (“Acts 8:5-13” by W. Kelly)
• The enemy seemed now in possession like a flood; but the Spirit of the Lord lifts up a standard against him in the preaching of Philip. (“Acts 8:5-13” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;

W. Kelly Translation

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And Philip went down to a city of Samaria and preached to them the Christ.