Acts 8:5
And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
In Context
4Therefore those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
Cross References
Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent forth, commanding them, saying, “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans.
Acts 1:8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 1 The Ascension of Jesus
Acts 6:5And the word was pleasing before all the congregation, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch,
Acts 8:14Now when the apostles who were at 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 as he passed through, he preached the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 17:2And according to Paul's custom, he went in to them, and for three Sabbaths 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 →