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When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing.

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highlighted Acts 8:38 NLT

He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

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highlighted Acts 8:32 NLT

The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter. And as a lamb is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.

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The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.

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highlighted Acts 8:30 NLT

Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

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and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

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highlighted Acts 8:27 NLT

So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

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As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

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highlighted Acts 8:24 NLT

“Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon exclaimed, “that these terrible things you’ve said won’t happen to me!”

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highlighted Acts 8:22 NLT

Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts,

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highlighted Acts 8:21 NLT

You can have no part in this, for your heart is not right with God.

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highlighted Acts 8:20 NLT

But Peter replied, “May your money be destroyed with you for thinking God’s gift can be bought!

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highlighted Acts 8:18-19 NLT

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power.

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highlighted Acts 8:17 NLT

Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.

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highlighted Acts 8:14-16 NLT

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God’s message, they sent Peter and John there.

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highlighted Acts 8:13 NLT

Then Simon himself believed and was baptized. He began following Philip wherever he went, and he was amazed by the signs and great miracles Philip performed.

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highlighted Acts 8:12 NLT

But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good News concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, many men and women were baptized.

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highlighted Acts 8:5 NLT

Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.

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Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. Persecution Scatters the Believers A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.

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“Which of the two obeyed his father?” They replied, “The first.” Then Jesus explained his meaning: “I tell you the truth, corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do.

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