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8:1  But Shaul was consenting and participating in his murder, and in that day there was great persecution toward the church which was in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered into the villages of Judea, and among the Samaritans, except for the Apostles.
8:2  And believing men gathered up and buried Estephanos, and they grieved over him greatly.
8:3  But Shaul was persecuting the Church of God, as he was entering houses and dragging men and women and delivering them to prison.
8:4  Those who were scattered were traveling and preaching the word of God.
8:5  But Philippus went down to the city of the Samaritans and he was preaching to them about The Messiah.
8:6  And as they were listening to his message, the people who were listening were persuaded by all that he had said, for they saw the signs that he did.
8:7  For many who had been seized by foul spirits were screaming with a loud voice, and they were coming out from them, and others who were paralytic and crippled were healed.
8:8  And there was great joy in that city.
8:9  But there was a man there whose name was Simon who had dwelt there in that city for a long time. By his sorcery he deceived the people of the Samaritans as he was magnifying himself and saying, “I am the great God.”
8:10  And they were all praying to him, noble and common, and they were saying, “This is the great power of God.”
8:11  And they were all persuaded by him, because many times he had astonished them by his sorceries.
8:12  When they believed Philippus, who was proclaiming The Kingdom of God in the name of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah, they were being baptized, men and women.
8:13  Simon also believed and was baptized and was joined to Philippus, and when he saw the signs and the great miracles that were done by his hand, he marveled and was astonished.
8:14  And when the Apostles of Jerusalem heard that the people of the Samaritans had received the word of God, they sent Shimeon Kaypha and Yohannan to them.
8:15  And they went down and prayed over them so that they would receive The Spirit of Holiness.
8:16  For he was upon none of them yet, but they had only been baptized in the name of our Lord Yeshua.
8:17  And they were laying hands upon them, and they were receiving The Spirit of Holiness.
8:18  And when Simon saw that by laying on of the hands of the Apostles The Spirit of Holiness was given, he brought silver to them,
8:19  As he said, “Give me also this authority that he on whomever I place a hand will receive The Spirit of Holiness.”
8:20  Shimeon Kaypha said to him, “Your silver will go with you to destruction, because you thought that the gift of God is acquired by the possessions of the world.”
8:21  “You have no part or allotment in this faith, because your heart is not upright before God.
8:22  But turn from this your evil and request from God that perhaps the treachery of your heart may be forgiven you.
8:23  For I see that you are in the wrath of bitterness and in a knot of evil.”
8:24  Simon answered, and he said, “Ask God for my sake, that none of these things which you have said may come upon me.”
8:25  But Shimeon and Yohannan, when they had testified and taught the word of God, returned to Jerusalem. And they preached The Gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
8:26  And The Angel of THE LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Philippus and he said to him, “Arise, go to the south by the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
8:27  And he arose to go and met a certain Eunuch who had come from Kush, an official of Qandiqe, Queen of the Kushites, and he was authorized over all her treasury and had come to worship in Jerusalem.
8:28  As he turned to go, he sat down on the chariot and was reading in Isaiah The Prophet.
8:29  And The Spirit said to Philippus, “Approach and join the chariot.”
8:30  And as he approached, he heard what he read in Isaiah The Prophet and he said to him, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
8:31  And he said, “How can I understand unless a man will instruct me?” And he asked Philippus to come up and sit with him.
8:32  But the section of Scripture he read had this in it: “He was led as a lamb for sacrifice and as a ewe before its shearer is silent, also in this way he opened not his mouth.”
8:33  “He was led in his humility from imprisonment and from judgment and who will narrate his time? For his life is taken from The Earth.”
8:34  And that Eunuch said to Philippus, “I beg of you, about whom did The Prophet say this, about himself or about another man?”
8:35  Then Philippus opened his mouth and began from this Scripture to preach about our Lord Yeshua to him.
8:36  And as they were going on the road, they were arriving at one place that had water in it, and that Eunuch said, “Behold, water! What is the hindrance to me being baptized?”
8:37  And Philippus said, “If you believe with all the heart, it is authorized.” And he answered and said, “I do believe that Yeshua The Messiah is The Son of God.”
8:38  And he commanded to stop the chariot and the two of them went down to the water and Philippus baptized that Eunuch
8:39  And when they had come up from the water, The Spirit of THE LORD JEHOVAH took Philippus up and the Eunuch did not see him again, but he went on the road rejoicing.
8:40  But Philippus was found in Azotus and from there he was traveling and preaching in all the cities until he came to Qesarea.