Acts 8:14

But the apostles in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria has received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

13But Simon himself also believed: and being baptized, was constantly with Philip, both seeing the miracles and the great dynamites performed, was astonished.

15who, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:23And the one having been sown on good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who truly bears fruit, and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

John 12:48He that rejects me, and receiving not my words, has one judging him: the word which I have spoken, it will judge him in the last day.

Acts 3:1And Peter and John went up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth.

Acts 11:1But the apostles and brethren being throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.

Acts 15:4And arriving into Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and the apostles, and the elders, and they proclaimed so many things as God did with them.

Galatians 2:9and having known the grace of God which was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, who seem to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

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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