1And[G1161]Saul[G4569]was[G2258]consenting[G4909] unto his[G846]death[G336]. And[G1161]at[G1722]that[G1565]time[G2250] there was[G1096] a great[G3173]persecution[G1375]against[G1909] the church[G1577]which[G3588]was[G1096]at[G1722]Jerusalem[G2414]; and[G2532] they were[G1289]all[G3956] scattered abroad[G1289]throughout[G2596] the regions[G5561] of Judaea[G2449]and[G2532]Samaria[G4540], except[G4133] the apostles[G652].
2And[G1161]devout[G2126]men[G435]carried[G4792]Stephen[G4736] to his burial, and[G2532]made[G4160]great[G3173]lamentation[G2870]over[G1909]him[G846].
3As[G1161] for Saul[G4569], he made havock[G3075] of the church[G1577], entering into[G1531]every[G2596]house[G3624], and[G2532]haling[G4951]men[G435]and[G2532]women[G1135]committed[G3860] them to[G1519]prison[G5438].
4Therefore[G3767] they that were scattered abroad[G1289] went every where[G1330]preaching[G2097] the word[G3056].
5Then[G1161]Philip[G5376] went down[G2718]to[G1519] the city[G4172] of Samaria[G4540], and preached[G2784]Christ[G5547] unto them[G846].
6And[G5037] the people[G3793] with one accord[G3661] gave heed[G4337] unto those things which[G3739]Philip[G5376]spake[G3004], hearing[G1722]and[G2532]seeing[G991] the miracles[G4592]which[G3739] he did[G4160].
7For[G1063]unclean[G169]spirits[G4151], crying[G994] with loud[G3173]voice[G5456], came out[G1831] of many[G4183] that were possessed[G2192] with them: and[G1161]many[G4183] taken with palsies[G3886], and[G2532] that were lame[G5560], were healed[G2323].
8And[G2532] there was[G1096]great[G3173]joy[G5479]in[G1722]that[G1565]city[G4172].
9But[G1161] there was[G1511] a certain[G5100]man[G435], called[G3686]Simon[G4613], which beforetime[G4391]in[G1722] the same city[G4172] used sorcery[G3096], and[G2532]bewitched[G1839] the people[G1484] of Samaria[G4540], giving out[G3004] that himself[G1438]was[G1511]some[G5100] great one[G3173]:
10To[G2193]whom[G3739] they all[G3956] gave heed[G4337], from[G575] the least[G3398]to[G2193] the greatest[G3173], saying[G3004], This man[G3778]is[G2076] the great[G3173]power[G1411] of God[G2316].
11And[G1161] to him[G846] they had regard[G4337], because[G1223] that of long[G2425]time[G5550] he had bewitched[G1839]them[G846] with sorceries[G3095].
12But[G1161]when[G3753] they believed[G4100]Philip[G5376]preaching[G2097] the things concerning[G4012] the kingdom[G932] of God[G2316], and[G2532] the name[G3686] of Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], they were baptized[G907], both[G5037]men[G435]and[G2532]women[G1135].
13Then[G1161]Simon[G4613]himself[G846]believed[G4100]also[G2532]: and[G2532] when he was baptized[G907], he continued[G2258] with Philip[G5376], and[G5037]wondered[G1839], beholding[G2334] the miracles[G1411]and[G5037]signs[G4592] which were done[G1096].
14Now[G1161] when the apostles[G652]which[G3588] were at[G1722]Jerusalem[G2414]heard[G191]that[G3754]Samaria[G4540] had received[G1209] the word[G3056] of God[G2316], they sent[G649]unto[G4314]them[G846]Peter[G4074]and[G2532]John[G2491]:
15Who[G3748], when they were come down[G2597], prayed[G4336]for[G4012]them[G846], that[G3704] they might receive[G2983] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151]:
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(For[G1063] as yet[G3768] he was[G2258]fallen[G1968]upon[G1909]none[G3762] of them[G846]: only[G3440] they were[G5225]baptized[G907]in[G1519] the name[G3686] of the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424].)
17Then[G5119] laid they[G2007] their hands[G5495]on[G1909]them[G846], and[G2532]they[G2007]received[G2983] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151].
18And[G1161] when Simon[G4613]saw[G2300]that[G3754]through[G1223] laying on[G1936] of the apostles[G652]' hands[G5495] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151] was given[G1325], he offered[G4374]them[G846]money[G5536],
19Saying[G3004], Give[G1325] me also[G2504]this[G5026]power[G1849], that[G2443]on[G2007]whomsoever[G3739] I lay[G2007]hands[G5495], he may receive[G2983] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151].
20But[G1161]Peter[G4074]said[G2036]unto[G4314]him[G846], Thy[G4675]money[G694]perish[G1498]with[G4862]thee[G4671], because[G3754] thou hast thought[G3543] that the gift[G1431] of God[G2316] may be purchased[G2932]with[G1223]money[G5536].
21Thou[G4671]hast[G2076]neither[G3756]part[G3310]nor[G3761]lot[G2819]in[G1722]this[G5129]matter[G3056]: for[G1063]thy[G4675]heart[G2588]is[G2076]not[G3756]right[G2117]in[G1722] the sight[G1799] of God[G2316].
22Repent[G3340]therefore[G3767]of[G575]this[G5026]thy[G4675]wickedness[G2549], and[G2532]pray[G1189]God[G2316], if[G1487]perhaps[G686] the thought[G1963]of[G575]thine[G4675]heart[G2588] may be forgiven[G863]thee[G4671].
23For[G1063] I perceive[G3708] that thou[G4571]art[G5607]in[G1519] the gall[G5521] of bitterness[G4088], and[G2532]in[G1519] the bond[G4886] of iniquity[G93].
24Then[G1161]answered[G611]Simon[G4613], and said[G2036], Pray[G1189]ye[G5210]to[G4314] the Lord[G2962]for[G5228]me[G1700], that[G3704] none of these things[G3367]which[G3739]ye[G5210] have spoken[G2046]come[G1904]upon[G1909]me[G1691].
25And[G2532] they, when[G3303] they had testified[G1263]and[G5037]preached[G2980] the word[G3056] of the Lord[G2962], returned[G5290]to[G1519]Jerusalem[G2419], and[G5037]preached[G2980] the gospel[G2097] in many[G4183]villages[G2968] of the Samaritans[G4541].
26And[G1161] the angel[G32] of the Lord[G2962]spake[G2980]unto[G4314]Philip[G5376], saying[G3004], Arise[G450], and[G2532]go[G4198]toward[G2596] the south[G3314]unto[G1909] the way[G3598] that goeth down[G2597]from[G575]Jerusalem[G2419]unto[G1519]Gaza[G1048], which[G3778]is[G2076]desert[G2048].
27And[G2532] he arose[G450]and[G3739]went[G4198]: and[G3739], behold[G2400], a man[G435]of[G1909]Ethiopia[G128], an eunuch[G2135]of[G1909] great authority[G1413] under Candace[G2582]queen[G938]of[G1909] the Ethiopians[G128], who[G3739]had[G2258] the charge of[G1909]all[G3956]her[G846]treasure[G1047], and[G3739]had[G2258]come[G2064]to[G1519]Jerusalem[G2419] for to[G1519]worship[G4352],
28Was[G2258]returning[G5290], and[G2532]sitting[G2521]in[G1909]his[G846]chariot[G716]read[G314]Esaias[G2268] the prophet[G4396].
29Then[G1161] the Spirit[G4151]said[G2036] unto Philip[G5376], Go near[G4334], and[G2532] join thyself to[G2853]this[G5129]chariot[G716].
30And[G1161]Philip[G5376]ran[G4370] thither to him[G846], and[G2532]heard[G191]him[G846]read[G314] the prophet[G4396]Esaias[G2268], and[G2532]said[G2036], Understandest thou[G687]what[G3739]thou[G1065]readest?[G314]
31And[G1161] he said[G2036], How[G1063] can I[G302], except[G3362] some man[G5100] should guide[G3594]me?[G3165]And[G5037] he desired[G3870]Philip[G5376] that he would come up[G305]and[G5037]sit[G2523]with[G4862]him[G846].
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The place[G4042] of the scripture[G1124]which[G3739]he[G455]read[G314]was[G2258]this[G3778], He[G455]was[G2258]led[G71]as[G5613] a sheep[G4263]to[G1909] the slaughter[G4967]; and[G2532]like[G5613] a lamb[G286]dumb[G880]before[G1726]his[G846]shearer[G2751], so[G3779] opened he[G455]not[G3756]his[G846]mouth[G4750]:
33In[G1722]his[G846]humiliation[G5014]his[G846]judgment[G2920] was taken[G142]away[G142]: and[G1161]who[G5101] shall declare[G1334]his[G846]generation?[G1074]for[G3754]his[G846]life[G2222] is taken[G142]from[G575] the earth[G1093].
34And[G1161] the eunuch[G2135]answered[G611]Philip[G5376], and[G1161]said[G2036], I pray[G1189]thee[G4675], of[G4012]whom[G5101]speaketh[G3004] the prophet[G4396]this?[G5124]of[G4012]himself[G1438], or[G2228]of[G4012]some[G5100] other man?[G2087]
35Then[G1161]Philip[G5376]opened[G455]his[G846]mouth[G4750], and[G2532]began[G756]at[G575] the same[G5026]scripture[G1124], and[G2532]preached[G2097] unto him[G846]Jesus[G2424].
36And[G1161]as[G5613] they went[G4198]on[G2596] their way[G3598], they came[G2064]unto[G1909] a certain[G5100]water[G5204]: and[G2532] the eunuch[G2135]said[G5346], See[G2400], here is water[G5204]; what[G5101] doth hinder[G2967]me[G3165] to be baptized?[G907]
37And[G1161]Philip[G5376]said[G2036], If[G1487] thou believest[G4100]with[G1537] all thine[G3650]heart[G2588], thou mayest[G1832]. And[G1161] he answered[G611]and[G1161]said[G2036], I believe[G4100] that Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547]is[G1511] the Son[G5207] of God[G2316].
38And[G2532] he commanded[G2753] the chariot[G716] to stand still[G2476]: and[G2532] they went down[G2597]both[G297]into[G1519] the water[G5204], both[G5037]Philip[G5376]and[G2532] the eunuch[G2135]; and[G2532] he baptized[G907]him[G846].
39And[G1161]when[G3753] they were come up[G305] out of[G1537] the water[G5204], the Spirit[G4151]of[G1537] the Lord[G2962] caught away[G726]Philip[G5376], that the eunuch[G2135]saw[G1492]him[G846] no more[G3765]: and[G1063] he went[G4198] on his[G846]way[G3598]rejoicing[G5463].
40But[G1161]Philip[G5376] was found[G2147]at[G1519]Azotus[G108]: and[G2532]passing[G1330] through he[G846]preached[G2097] in all[G3956] the cities[G4172], till[G2193]he[G846]came[G2064]to[G1519]Caesarea[G2542].