Acts 8:5
Now Philip, having gone down to a city of Samaria, was proclaiming the Christ to them;
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
In Context
4So on their part those who were scattered abroad went about preaching the Word.
Cross References
Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent out, and commanded them saying: “Do not go off into the road of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.
Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be witnesses to me —both in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and even to the last part of the earth.”
Acts 6:5The statement pleased the whole multitude; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicholas, a proselyte from Antioch,
Acts 8:14Now when the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
Acts 8:40Philip was found at Azotus, and as he passed through he evangelized all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 17:2So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths 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 →