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Acts 8:5

8:5

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.]




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