Acts 8:5 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 8:5

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

BSB

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ASV

And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.

KJV

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

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Commentary

5 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

This is not the apostle Philip who is counted among the twelve, but one of the seven chosen for the care of widows, who also baptized the eunuch and catechized Simon. Listen to what the evangelist Luke says: after the killing of Stephen, "a great …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria,.... The city which was formerly called Samaria, but now Sebaste; it had been destroyed by Hyrcanus, and was rebuilt by Herod; and called by him, in honour of Augustus, by the name of Sebaste (d); and so R.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Then Philip - One of the seven deacons, Act 6:5. He is afterward called the “evangelist,” Act 21:8. The city of Samaria - This does not mean a city whose “name” was Samaria, for no such city at that time existed. Samaria was a “region,” Mat 2:22. The ancient city Samaria, the capital of that region, had been destroyed by Hyrcanus, so completely as to leave no vestige of it remaining; and he “took away,” says Josephus, “the very marks that there had ever been such a city there” (Antiq., book 13, chapter 10, section 3).

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1888)

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Φίλιππος	Philippos	Philip	G5376 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
κατελθὼν	katelthōn	having gone down	G2718 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
πόλιν	polin	city	G4172 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Σαμαρείας	Samareias	of Samaria	G4540 →
ἐκήρυσσεν	ekērussen	was proclaiming	G2784 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
Χριστόν.	Christon	Christ.	G5547 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 21:8
Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
leads to
- Acts 6:5
  This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to…
- Acts 8:26–40
  Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
Through
Acts 8:40
But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
leads to
- Acts 21:8
  Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 5:42
Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
leads to
- Acts 2:46
  With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
- Acts 20:20
  I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
- Luke 21:37
  Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
- Acts 9:20
  Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
Through
Acts 6:5
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to…
leads to
- Acts 11:24
  Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts