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Acts 8

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 facta est autem in illa die persecutio magna in ecclesia quae erat Hierosolymis et omnes dispersi sunt per regiones Iudaeae et Samariae praeter apostolos

2 curaverunt autem Stephanum viri timorati et fecerunt planctum magnum super illum

3 Saulus vero devastabat ecclesiam per domos intrans et trahens viros ac mulieres tradebat in custodiam

4 igitur qui dispersi erant pertransiebant evangelizantes verbum

5 Philippus autem descendens in civitatem Samariae praedicabat illis Christum

6 intendebant autem turbae his quae a Philippo dicebantur unianimiter audientes et videntes signa quae faciebat

7 multi enim eorum qui habebant spiritus inmundos clamantes voce magna exiebant multi autem paralytici et claudi curati sunt

8 factum est ergo magnum gaudium in illa civitate

9 vir autem quidam nomine Simon qui ante fuerat in civitate magus seducens gentem Samariae dicens esse se aliquem magnum

10 cui auscultabant omnes a minimo usque ad maximum dicentes hic est virtus Dei quae vocatur Magna

11 adtendebant autem eum propter quod multo tempore magicis suis dementasset eos

12 cum vero credidissent Philippo evangelizanti de regno Dei et nomine Iesu Christi baptizabantur viri ac mulieres

13 tunc Simon et ipse credidit et cum baptizatus esset adherebat Philippo videns etiam signa et virtutes maximas fieri stupens admirabatur

14 cum autem audissent apostoli qui erant Hierosolymis quia recepit Samaria verbum Dei miserunt ad illos Petrum et Iohannem

15 qui cum venissent oraverunt pro ipsis ut acciperent Spiritum Sanctum

16 nondum enim in quemquam illorum venerat sed baptizati tantum erant in nomine Domini Iesu

17 tunc inponebant manus super illos et accipiebant Spiritum Sanctum

18 cum vidisset autem Simon quia per inpositionem manus apostolorum daretur Spiritus Sanctus obtulit eis pecuniam

19 dicens date et mihi hanc potestatem ut cuicumque inposuero manus accipiat Spiritum Sanctum Petrus autem dixit ad eum

20 pecunia tua tecum sit in perditionem quoniam donum Dei existimasti pecunia possideri

21 non est tibi pars neque sors in sermone isto cor enim tuum non est rectum coram Deo

22 paenitentiam itaque age ab hac nequitia tua et roga Deum si forte remittatur tibi haec cogitatio cordis tui

23 in felle enim amaritudinis et obligatione iniquitatis video te esse

24 respondens autem Simon dixit precamini vos pro me ad Dominum ut nihil veniat super me horum quae dixistis

25 et illi quidem testificati et locuti verbum Domini rediebant Hierosolymam et multis regionibus Samaritanorum evangelizabant

26 angelus autem Domini locutus est ad Philippum dicens surge et vade contra meridianum ad viam quae descendit ab Hierusalem in Gazam haec est deserta

27 et surgens abiit et ecce vir aethiops eunuchus potens Candacis reginae Aethiopum qui erat super omnes gazas eius venerat adorare in Hierusalem

28 et revertebatur sedens super currum suum legensque prophetam Esaiam

29 dixit autem Spiritus Philippo accede et adiunge te ad currum istum

30 adcurrens autem Philippus audivit illum legentem Esaiam prophetam et dixit putasne intellegis quae legis

31 qui ait et quomodo possum si non aliquis ostenderit mihi rogavitque Philippum ut ascenderet et sederet secum

32 locus autem scripturae quam legebat erat hic tamquam ovis ad occisionem ductus est et sicut agnus coram tondente se sine voce sic non aperuit os suum

33 in humilitate iudicium eius sublatum est generationem illius quis enarrabit quoniam tollitur de terra vita eius

34 respondens autem eunuchus Philippo dixit obsecro te de quo propheta dicit hoc de se an de alio aliquo

35 aperiens autem Philippus os suum et incipiens ab scriptura ista evangelizavit illi Iesum

36 et dum irent per viam venerunt ad quandam aquam et ait eunuchus ecce aqua quid prohibet me baptizari

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38 et iussit stare currum et descenderunt uterque in aquam Philippus et eunuchus et baptizavit eum

39 cum autem ascendissent de aqua Spiritus Domini rapuit Philippum et amplius non vidit eum eunuchus ibat enim per viam suam gaudens

40 Philippus autem inventus est in Azoto et pertransiens evangelizabat civitatibus cunctis donec veniret Caesaream

Good News Translation GNT

1 And Saul approved of his murder. That very day the church in Jerusalem began to suffer cruel persecution. All the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria.

2 Some devout men buried Stephen, mourning for him with loud cries.

3 But Saul tried to destroy the church; going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail.

4 The believers who were scattered went everywhere, preaching the message.

5 Philip went to the principal city in Samaria and preached the Messiah to the people there.

6 The crowds paid close attention to what Philip said, as they listened to him and saw the miracles that he performed.

7 Evil spirits came out from many people with a loud cry, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

8 So there was great joy in that city.

9 A man named Simon lived there, who for some time had astounded the Samaritans with his magic. He claimed that he was someone great,

10 and everyone in the city, from all classes of society, paid close attention to him. "He is that power of God known as "The Great Power,' " they said.

11 They paid this attention to him because for such a long time he had astonished them with his magic.

12 But when they believed Philip's message about the good news of the Kingdom of God and about Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

13 Simon himself also believed; and after being baptized, he stayed close to Philip and was astounded when he saw the great wonders and miracles that were being performed.

14 The apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had received the word of God, so they sent Peter and John to them.

15 When they arrived, they prayed for the believers that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

16 For the Holy Spirit had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

18 Simon saw that the Spirit had been given to the believers when the apostles placed their hands on them. So he offered money to Peter and John,

19 and said, "Give this power to me too, so that anyone I place my hands on will receive the Holy Spirit."

20 But Peter answered him, "May you and your money go to hell, for thinking that you can buy God's gift with money!

21 You have no part or share in our work, because your heart is not right in God's sight.

22 Repent, then, of this evil plan of yours, and pray to the Lord that he will forgive you for thinking such a thing as this.

23 For I see that you are full of bitter envy and are a prisoner of sin."

24 Simon said to Peter and John, "Please pray to the Lord for me, so that none of these things you spoke of will happen to me."

25 After they had given their testimony and proclaimed the Lord's message, Peter and John went back to Jerusalem. On their way they preached the Good News in many villages of Samaria.

26 An angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get ready and go south to the road that goes from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This road is not used nowadays.)

27 So Philip got ready and went. Now an Ethiopian eunuch, who was an important official in charge of the treasury of the queen of Ethiopia, was on his way home. He had been to Jerusalem to worship God and was going back home in his carriage. As he rode along, he was reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

29 The Holy Spirit said to Philip, "Go over to that carriage and stay close to it."

30 Philip ran over and heard him reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. He asked him, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

31 The official replied, "How can I understand unless someone explains it to me?" And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him.

32 The passage of scripture which he was reading was this: "He was like a sheep that is taken to be slaughtered, like a lamb that makes no sound when its wool is cut off. He did not say a word.

33 He was humiliated, and justice was denied him. No one will be able to tell about his descendants, because his life on earth has come to an end."

34 The official asked Philip, "Tell me, of whom is the prophet saying this? Of himself or of someone else?"

35 Then Philip began to speak; starting from this passage of scripture, he told him the Good News about Jesus.

36 As they traveled down the road, they came to a place where there was some water, and the official said, "Here is some water. What is to keep me from being baptized?"

38 The official ordered the carriage to stop, and both Philip and the official went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away. The official did not see him again, but continued on his way, full of joy.

40 Philip found himself in Azotus; he went on to Caesarea, and on the way he preached the Good News in every town.