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And at that time, there was raised a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem. And they were all dispersed through the countries of Judea, and Samaria, except the apostles.
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And devout men took order for Stephen’s funeral and made great mourning over him.
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But Saul made havock of the church, entering in from house to house: and dragging away men and women, committed them to prison.
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They therefore that were dispersed went about preaching the word of God.
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And Philip, going down to the city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them.
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And the people with one accord were attentive to those things which were said by Philip, hearing, and seeing the miracles which he did.
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For many of them who had unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, went out.
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And many, taken with the palsy, and that were lame, were healed.
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There was therefore great joy in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon who before had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one:
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To whom they all gave ear, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the power of God, which is called great.
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And they were attentive to him, because, for a long time, he had bewitched them with his magical practices.