Acts 8:6

God gave Philip a lot of power. A lot of people saw him do powerful things, and they listened to him, and they thought carefully about his message.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

In Context

5One of them was Philip. He went to a town in Samaria country and told everyone, “Jesus is the Christ, the special man that God promised to send.”

7You see, a lot of people had bad spirits in them, and Philip used God’s power to force those bad spirits out of them. Those bad spirits screamed as they left those people. And Philip also used God’s power to make a lot of crippled people better, and other people that couldn’t walk because their legs were too weak, Philip made them better too.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:15It’s all right for me to do what I want with my own money, right? If I’m good to somebody, don’t get upset with me.’”

Acts 13:44The next Saturday, nearly all the people in that town came together to hear God’s message about Jesus.

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 →

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