<vn='1'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="4569">Saul</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="4909">consenting</s> unto <sn="846">his</s><sn="336">death</s>. <sn="1161">And</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="1565">that</s><sn="2250">time</s> there <sn="1096">was</s> a <sn="3173">great</s><sn="1375">persecution</s><sn="1909">against</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s><sn="3588">which</s> was <sn="1722">at</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s>; <sn="5037">and</s> they were <sn="3956">all</s> scattered <sn="1289">abroad</s><sn="2596">throughout</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5561">regions</s> of <sn="2449">Judea</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4540">Samaria</s>, <sn="4133">except</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2126">devout</s><sn="435">men</s><sn="4792">carried</s><sn="4736">Stephen</s> to his burial, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4160">made</s><sn="3173">great</s><sn="2870">lamentation</s><sn="1909">over</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>As <sn="*1161">for</s><sn="4569">Saul</s>, he made <sn="3075">havoc</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s>, entering <sn="1531">into</s> every <sn="2596 3624">house</s>, <sn="5037">and</s><sn="4951">haling</s><sn="435">men</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1135">women</s><sn="3860">committed</s> them <sn="1519">to</s><sn="5438">prison</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3767">Therefore</s> they that were scattered <sn="1289">abroad</s> went every <sn="1330">where</s><sn="2097">preaching</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="5376">Philip</s> went <sn="2718">down</s><sn="1519">to</s> the <sn="4172">city</s> of <sn="4540">Samaria</s>, and <sn="2784">preached</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="5037">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3793">people</s> with one <sn="3661">accord</s> gave <sn="4337">heed</s> unto those things <sn="*5259">which</s><sn="5376">Philip</s><sn="3004">spake</s>, <sn="191">hearing</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="991">seeing</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4592">miracles</s><sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="4160">did</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="169">unclean</s><sn="4151">spirits</s>, <sn="994">crying</s> with <sn="3173">loud</s><sn="5456">voice</s>, came <sn="1831">out</s> of <sn="4183">many</s> that were <sn="2192">possessed</s> with them: <sn="1161">and</s><sn="4183">many</s> taken with <sn="3886">palsies</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that were <sn="5560">lame</s>, were <sn="2323">healed</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2532">And</s> there <sn="1096">was</s><sn="3173">great</s><sn="5479">joy</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1565">that</s><sn="4172">city</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">But</s> there was a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="435">man</s>, <sn="3686">called</s><sn="4613">Simon</s>, which <sn="4391">beforetime</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s> same <sn="4172">city</s> used <sn="3096">sorcery</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1839">bewitched</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">people</s> of <sn="4540">Samaria</s>, giving <sn="3004">out</s> that <sn="1438">himself</s><sn="1511">was</s><sn="5100">some</s> great <sn="3173">one</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>To <sn="3739">whom</s> they <sn="3956">all</s> gave <sn="4337">heed</s>, <sn="575">from</s> the <sn="3398">least</s><sn="2193">to</s> the <sn="3173">greatest</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, This <sn="3778">man</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3173">great</s><sn="1411">power</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1161">And</s> to <sn="846">him</s> they had <sn="4337">regard</s>, because that of <sn="2425">long</s><sn="5550">time</s> he had <sn="1839">bewitched</s><sn="846">them</s> with <sn="3095">sorceries</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3753">when</s> they <sn="4100">believed</s><sn="5376">Philip</s><sn="2097">preaching</s> the <sn="3588">things</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, they were <sn="907">baptized</s>, <sn="5037">both</s><sn="435">men</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1135">women</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="4613">Simon</s><sn="846">himself</s><sn="4100">believed</s><sn="2532">also</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> when he was <sn="907">baptized</s>, he <sn="2258 4342">continued</s> with <sn="5376">Philip</s>, <sn="5037">and</s><sn="1839">wondered</s>, <sn="2334">beholding</s><sn="*3173">the</s><sn="1411">miracles</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4592">signs</s> which were <sn="1096">done</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">Now</s> when <sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s><sn="3588">which</s> were <sn="1722">at</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s><sn="191">heard</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="4540">Samaria</s> had <sn="1209">received</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, they <sn="649">sent</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2491">John</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3748">Who</s>, when they were come <sn="2597">down</s>, <sn="4336">prayed</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="3704">that</s> they might <sn="2983">receive</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>( <sn="1063">For</s> as <sn="3768">yet</s> he <sn="2258">was</s><sn="1968">fallen</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3762">none</s> of <sn="846">them</s>: <sn="3440">only</s> they <sn="5225">were</s><sn="907">baptized</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>.) </v>
<vn='17'><sn="5119">Then</s><sn="2007">laid</s> they their <sn="5495">hands</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="2983">received</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="4613">Simon</s><sn="2300">saw</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="1223">through</s> laying <sn="1936">on</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="652">apostles</s> ' <sn="5495">hands</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s> was <sn="1325">given</s>, he <sn="4374">offered</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="5536">money</s>, </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3004">Saying</s>, <sn="1325">Give</s> me <sn="2504">also</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="1849">power</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> on <sn="3739 302">whomsoever</s> I <sn="2007">lay</s><sn="5495">hands</s>, he may <sn="2983">receive</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4074">Peter</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="4675">Thy</s><sn="694">money</s><sn="1498 1519 684">perish</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> thou hast <sn="3543">thought</s> that <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1431">gift</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> may be <sn="2932">purchased</s><sn="1223">with</s><sn="5536">money</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="4671">Thou</s><sn="2076">hast</s><sn="3756">neither</s><sn="3310">part</s><sn="3761">nor</s><sn="2819">lot</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5129">this</s><sn="3056">matter</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="2588">heart</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2117">right</s> in the <sn="1799">sight</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3340">Repent</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="2549">wickedness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1189">pray</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="1487">if</s><sn="686">perhaps</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1963">thought</s> of <sn="4675">thine</s><sn="2588">heart</s> may be <sn="863">forgiven</s><sn="4671">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="3708">perceive</s> that <sn="4571">thou</s><sn="5607">art</s><sn="1519">in</s> the <sn="5521">gall</s> of <sn="4088">bitterness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> in the <sn="4886">bond</s> of <sn="93">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="611">answered</s><sn="4613">Simon</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="1189">Pray</s><sn="5210">ye</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="1700">me</s>, <sn="3704">that</s><sn="3367">none</s> of these things <sn="3739">which</s> ye have <sn="2046">spoken</s><sn="1904">come</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="1691">me</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3767">And</s><sn="3588">they</s>, when <sn="*3303 3767">they</s> had <sn="1263">testified</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2980">preached</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="5290">returned</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> preached the <sn="2097">gospel</s> in <sn="4183">many</s><sn="2968">villages</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4541">Samaritans</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1161">And</s> the <sn="32">angel</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2980">spake</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5376">Philip</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="450">Arise</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4198">go</s><sn="2596">toward</s> the <sn="3314">south</s><sn="1909">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s> that goeth <sn="2597">down</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="1048">Gaza</s>, <sn="3778">which</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="2048">desert</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="450">arose</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4198">went</s>: <sn="2532">and</s>, <sn="2400">behold</s>, a <sn="435">man</s> of <sn="128">Ethiopia</s>, an <sn="2135">eunuch</s> of great <sn="1413">authority</s> under <sn="2582">Candace</s><sn="938">queen</s> of the <sn="128">Ethiopians</s>, <sn="3739">who</s> had the <sn="2258 1909">charge</s> of <sn="3956">all</s><sn="848">her</s><sn="1047">treasure</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="*3739">had</s><sn="2064">come</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s> for to <sn="4352">worship</s>, </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="5376">Philip</s>, Go <sn="4334">near</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> join <sn="2853">thyself</s> to <sn="5129">this</s><sn="716">chariot</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5376">Philip</s> ran <sn="4370">thither</s> to him, and <sn="191">heard</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="314">read</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophet</s><sn="2268">Isaiah</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="1097">Understandest</s> thou <sn="3739">what</s> thou <sn="314">readest</s>? </v>
<vn='31'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="4459">How</s><sn="1410 302">can</s> I, <sn="3362">except</s> some <sn="5100">man</s> should <sn="3594">guide</s><sn="3165">me</s>? <sn="5037">And</s> he <sn="3870">desired</s><sn="5376">Philip</s> that he would come <sn="305">up</s> and <sn="2523">sit</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="*1161"></s><sn="3588">The</s><sn="4042">place</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1124">Scripture</s><sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="314">read</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="3778">this</s>, He was <sn="71">led</s><sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="4263">sheep</s><sn="1909">to</s> the <sn="4967">slaughter</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5613">like</s> a <sn="286">lamb</s><sn="880">dumb</s><sn="1726">before</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="2751">shearer</s>, <sn="3779">so</s><sn="455">opened</s> he <sn="3756">not</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4750">mouth</s>: </v>
<vn='33'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="5014">humiliation</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="2920">judgment</s> was taken <sn="142">away</s>: <sn="1161">and</s><sn="5101">who</s> shall <sn="1334">declare</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1074">generation</s>? <sn="3754">for</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="2222">life</s> is <sn="142">taken</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2135">eunuch</s><sn="611">answered</s><sn="5376">Philip</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s>, I <sn="1189">pray</s><sn="4675">thee</s>, <sn="4012">of</s><sn="5101">whom</s><sn="3004">speaketh</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophet</s><sn="5124">this</s>? <sn="4012">of</s><sn="1438">himself</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="4012">of</s> some other <sn="5101 2087">man</s>? </v>
<vn='35'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="5376">Philip</s><sn="455">opened</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4750">mouth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="756">began</s><sn="575">at</s> the <sn="5026">same</s><sn="1124">Scripture</s>, and <sn="2097">preached</s> unto <sn="846">him</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5613">as</s> they <sn="4198">went</s><sn="2596">on</s> their <sn="3598">way</s>, they <sn="2064">came</s><sn="1909">unto</s> a <sn="5100">certain</s><sn="5204">water</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2135">eunuch</s><sn="5346">said</s>, <sn="2400">See</s>, here is <sn="5204">water</s>; <sn="5101">what</s> doth <sn="2967">hinder</s><sn="3165">me</s> to be <sn="907">baptized</s>? </v>
<vn='37'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5376">Philip</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="1487">If</s> thou <sn="4100">believest</s><sn="1537">with</s><sn="3650">all</s> thine <sn="2588">heart</s>, thou <sn="1832">mayest</s>. <sn="1161">And</s> he <sn="611">answered</s> and <sn="2036">said</s>, I <sn="4100">believe</s> that <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1511">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='38'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2753">commanded</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="716">chariot</s> to stand <sn="2476">still</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they went <sn="2597">down</s><sn="297">both</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5204">water</s>, <sn="5037">both</s><sn="5376">Philip</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2135">eunuch</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3753">when</s> they were come <sn="305">up</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5204">water</s>, the <sn="4151">Spirit</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s> caught <sn="726">away</s><sn="5376">Philip</s>, <sn="2532">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2135">eunuch</s><sn="1492">saw</s><sn="846">him</s> no <sn="3765">more</s>: <sn="*1063">and</s> he <sn="4198">went</s> on <sn="848">his</s><sn="3598">way</s><sn="5463">rejoicing</s>. </v>
<vn='40'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="5376">Philip</s> was <sn="2147">found</s><sn="1519">at</s><sn="108">Azotus</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> passing <sn="1330">through</s> he <sn="2097">preached</s> in <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4172">cities</s>, <sn="2193">till</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2542">Caesarea</s>. </v>