Acts 8:14

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John.

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In The King James Version

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

In Context

13Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized he stayed with Philip constantly. When he saw signs and mighty deeds taking place, he was amazed.

15When they had come down, they prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:23What was sown on the good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands it. He bears fruit and makes a crop, some yielding one hundred times as much as was planted, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”

John 12:48The one who rejects me and who does not receive my words, has one who judges him. The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Acts 3:1Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

Acts 11:1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Acts 15:4When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things that God had done with them.

Galatians 2:9When James, Cephas, and John, who were recognized as those who built up the church, understood the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me. They did this so that we should go to the Gentiles, and so that they should go to those who are circumcised.

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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