Acts 8:5
And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached the Christ to them.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
In Context
4Then they that were dispersed went everywhere preaching the word.
Cross References
Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent forth after he had charged them, saying: Go not into the road that leads to the Gentiles, and enter not a city of the Samaritans.
Acts 1:8But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the most distant part of the earth.
Acts 6:5And the speech pleased the whole multitude; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,
Acts 8:14Now when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John;
Acts 8:40But Philip was found at Azotus, and, passing through, he preached the gospel in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea
Acts 17:2And Paul, according to his custom, went in to them, and, for three sabbath-days, he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:5-14
The Spreading of the Gospel; Philip's Success. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in… Read the whole commentary →