Acts 8:1-15
And Saul .................................. and <1161 4569 5037 2532> [And Saul.]
This clause evidently belongs to the conclusion of the previous chapter; there is scarcely a worse division of chapters than this.
<1096> [there.]
church <1577> [the church.]
And .......................... were forced to scatter ....... and <1161 5037 2532 1289> [and they.]
Samaria <4540> [Samaria.]
except <4133> [except.]
devout <2126> [devout.]
made <4160> [made.]
Philip <5376> [Philip.]
city <4172> [the city.]
Rather, "to a city of Samaria," [eis <\\See definition 1519\\> polis Samaria] for the city of Samaria had been utterly destroyed by Hyrcanus, and the city built by Herod on its site was called [Sebaste,] that is, Augusta, in honour of Augustus. Samaria comprised the tract of country formerly occupied by the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, west of Jordan, lying between Judea and Galilee: beginning, says Josephus, at Ginea in the great plain, and ending at the toparchy of Acrabateni.
began proclaiming <2784> [preached.]
with one mind <3661> [with one.]
unclean <169> [unclean.]
paralyzed <3886> [palsies.]
lame people <5560> [lame.]
who had been practicing magic <3096> [used.]
claiming <3004> [giving.]
All <3956> [they.]
from <575> [from.]
greatest ............ power ....... Great <3173 1411> [the great power.]
had amazed <1839> [he had.]
they believed <4100> [they believed.]
about <4012> [concerning.]
both <5037> [both.]
Simon <4613> [Simon.]
This Simon was probably, as several learned men suppose, the same who is mentioned by Josephus, as persuading Drusilla to leave her husband, and live with Felix.
believed <4100> [believed.]
and .................. and ....... he was amazed <2532 5037 1839> [and wondered.]
and ................. signs and ... miracles <2532 5037 4592 1411> [miracles and signs. Gr. signs and great miracles.]
apostles <652> [when.]
had accepted <1209> [received.]
Peter <4074> [Peter.]
prayed <4336> [prayed.]
