The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money,

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!

So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”

The man replied, “How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.

Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!” And immediately he got up.

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.