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Acts 8 - Read-Along · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Acts, chapter 8. Saul was in hearty agreement
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  with putting him to death, and on that day a great persecution
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  began against the church in Jerusalem.
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  They were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea
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  and Samaria, except the apostles.
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  Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over
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  him. But Saul began ravaging the
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  church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and
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  women. He would put them in prison.
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  Therefore those who had been scattered went about preaching
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  the word Philip, went down to the city of Samaria and began
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  proclaiming Christ to them. The crowds with 1 accord were
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  giving attention to what was said by Philip as they heard and
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  saw the signs which he was performing.
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  For in the case of many who had unclean spirits, they were
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  coming out of them shouting with a loud voice, and many who had
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  been paralyzed and lame were healed.
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  So there was much rejoicing in that city.
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  Now there was a man named Simon who formerly was practicing
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  magic in the city and astonishing the people of
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  Samaria claiming to be someone great.
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  And they all, from smallest to greatest were giving attention
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  to him, saying this man is what is called the great power of
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  God. And they were giving him
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  attention because he had for a long time astonished them with
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  his magic arts. When they believed Philip
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  preaching the good news about the Kingdom of God in the name
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  of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike.
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  Even Simon himself believed. And after being baptized he
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  continued on with Philip as he observed signs and great
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  miracles taking place. He was constantly amazed.
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  Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
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  received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who
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  came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy
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  Spirit, for he had not yet fallen upon any of them.
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  They had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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  Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were
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  receiving the Holy Spirit. Now when Simon saw that the
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  Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles hands,
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  he offered them money, saying, Give this authority to me as
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  well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the
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  Holy Spirit. But Peter said to him, May your
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  silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the
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  gift of God with money. You have no part or portion in
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  this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
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  Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray
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  the Lord, that if possible, the intention of your heart may be
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  forgiven you. For I see that you are in the
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  gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.
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  But Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me
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  yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon
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  me. So when they had solemnly
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  testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to
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  Jerusalem and were preaching the gospel to many villages of the
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  Samaritans. But an Angel of the Lord spoke
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  to Philip, saying, Get up and go South to the road that descends
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  from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert Rd.
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  So he got up and went, And there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court
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  official of Candace, queen of The Ethiopians, who was in
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  charge of all her treasure. And he had come to Jerusalem to
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  worship. And he was returning and sitting
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  in his chariot and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
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  Then the Spirit said to Philip, go up and join this chariot.
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  Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and
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  said, Do you understand what you're reading?
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  And he said, well, how could I unless someone guides me?
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  And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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  Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this.
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  He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb before
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  its Shearer is silent, so he does not open his mouth in
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  humiliation. His judgement was taken away.
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  Who will relate his generation, for his life is removed from the
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  earth? The eunuch answered Philip and
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  said, Please tell me of whom does the prophet say this?
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  Of himself or of someone else? Then Philip opened his mouth and
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  beginning from the scripture, he preached Jesus to him.
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  As they went along the road, they came to some water.
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  And the eunuch said, look water, what prevents me from being
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  baptized? And Philip said, if you believe
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  with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I
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  believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
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  And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down
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  into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized
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  him. When they came up out of the
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  water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the
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  eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing.
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  But Philip found himself at Azutus, and as he passed through
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  he kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to
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  Caesarea.