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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 8

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Acts 8 NASB - New American Standard BibleActs 8 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 8 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death.
    ¶ And on that day a great persecution [a]began against 2the church in Jerusalem, and they were all 3scattered throughout the regions of Judea and 4Samaria, except the apostles.
  2. Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him.
  3. But 5Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and 6dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison.
  4. ¶ Therefore, those 7who had been scattered went about [b]8preaching the word.
  5. 9Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming [c]Christ to them.
  6. The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they heard and saw the [d]signs which he was performing.
  7. For in the case of many who had 10unclean spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a loud voice; and many who had been 11paralyzed and lame were healed.
  8. So there was 12much rejoicing in that city.
  9. ¶ Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing 13magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, 14claiming to be someone great;
  10. and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, “15This man is what is called the Great Power of God.”
  11. And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astonished them with his 16magic arts.
  12. But when they believed Philip 17preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being 18baptized, men and women alike.
  13. Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed 19signs and 20great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.
  14. ¶ Now when 21the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them 22Peter and John,
  15. who came down and prayed for them 23that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
  16. For He had 24not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been 25baptized [e]in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  17. Then they 26began laying their hands on them, and they were 27receiving the Holy Spirit.
  18. Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
  19. saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
  20. But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could 28obtain the gift of God with money!
  21. You have 29no part or portion in this [f]matter, for your heart is not 30right before God.
  22. Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, 31if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.
  23. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in 32the [g]bondage of iniquity.”
  24. But Simon answered and said, “33Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
  25. ¶ So, when they had solemnly 34testified and spoken 35the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were 36preaching the gospel to many villages of the 37Samaritans.
  26. ¶ But 38an angel of the Lord spoke to 39Philip saying, “Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to 40Gaza.” ([h]This is a desert road.)
  27. So he got up and went; and 41there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he 42had come to Jerusalem to worship,
  28. and he was returning and sitting in his [i]chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
  29. Then 43the Spirit said to Philip, “Go up and join this [j]chariot.”
  30. Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
  31. And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
  32. Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:
    ¶ “44HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER;
    AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT,
    SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH.
  33. “45IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY;
    WHO WILL [k]RELATE HIS [l]GENERATION?
    FOR HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH.”
  34. ¶ The eunuch answered Philip and said, “Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?”
  35. Then Philip 46opened his mouth, and 47beginning from this Scripture he 48preached Jesus to him.
  36. As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, “Look! Water! 49What prevents me from being baptized?”
  37. [[m]And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]
  38. And he ordered the [n]chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.
  39. When they came up out of the water, 50the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, [o]but went on his way rejoicing.
  40. But Philip [p]found himself at [q]51Azotus, and as he passed through he 52kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to 53Caesarea.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit occurred
  2. ^ Or bringing the good news of
  3. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  4. ^ Or attesting miracles
  5. ^ Lit into
  6. ^ Or teaching; lit word
  7. ^ Lit bond
  8. ^ Or This city is deserted
  9. ^ Or carriage
  10. ^ Or carriage
  11. ^ Or describe
  12. ^ Or family or origin
  13. ^ Early mss do not contain this v
  14. ^ Or carriage
  15. ^ Lit for he was going
  16. ^ Or was found
  17. ^ OT: Ashdod

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ac 7:58; 22:20; 26:10
  2. ^ Ac 9:31
  3. ^ Ac 8:4; 11:19
  4. ^ Ac 1:8; 8:5, 14; 9:31
  5. ^ Ac 9:1, 13, 21; 22:4, 19; 26:10f; 1Co 15:9; Ga 1:13; Pp 3:6; 1Ti 1:13
  6. ^ Jm 2:6
  7. ^ Ac 8:1
  8. ^ Ac 8:12; 15:35
  9. ^ Ac 6:5; 8:26, 30
  10. ^ Mr 16:17
  11. ^ Mt 4:24
  12. ^ Jn 4:40-42; Ac 8:39
  13. ^ Ac 8:11; 13:6
  14. ^ Ac 5:36
  15. ^ Ac 14:11; 28:6
  16. ^ Ac 8:9; 13:6
  17. ^ Ac 1:3; 8:4
  18. ^ Ac 2:38
  19. ^ Ac 8:6
  20. ^ Ac 19:11
  21. ^ Ac 8:1
  22. ^ Lu 22:8
  23. ^ Ac 2:38; 19:2
  24. ^ Mt 28:19; Ac 19:2
  25. ^ Ac 2:38; 10:48
  26. ^ Mr 5:23; Ac 6:6
  27. ^ Ac 2:4
  28. ^ 2Ki 5:16; Is 55:1; Da 5:17; Mt 10:8; Ac 2:38
  29. ^ De 10:9; 12:12; Eph 5:5
  30. ^ Ps 78:37
  31. ^ Is 55:7
  32. ^ Is 58:6
  33. ^ Ge 20:7; Ex 8:8; Nu 21:7; Jm 5:16
  34. ^ Lu 16:28
  35. ^ Ac 13:12
  36. ^ Ac 8:40
  37. ^ Mt 10:5
  38. ^ Ac 5:19; 8:29
  39. ^ Ac 8:5
  40. ^ Ge 10:19
  41. ^ Ps 68:31; 87:4; Is 56:3ff
  42. ^ 1Ki 8:41f; Jn 12:20
  43. ^ Ac 8:39; 10:19; 11:12; 13:2; 16:6, 7; 20:23; 21:11; 28:25; Heb 3:7
  44. ^ Is 53:7
  45. ^ Is 53:8
  46. ^ Mt 5:2
  47. ^ Lu 24:27; Ac 17:2; 18:28; 28:23
  48. ^ Ac 5:42
  49. ^ Ac 10:47
  50. ^ 1Ki 18:12; 2Ki 2:16; Eze 3:12, 14; 8:3; 11:1, 24; 43:5; 2Co 12:2
  51. ^ Jos 11:22; 1Sa 5:1
  52. ^ Ac 8:25
  53. ^ Ac 9:30; 10:1, 24; 11:11; 12:19; 18:22; 21:8, 16; 23:23, 33; 25:1, 4, 6, 13

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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