# Connecting Statement:

This is concludes the part of the story about Simon and the Samaritans.

# testified

Peter and John told what they personally knew about Jesus to the Samaritans.

# spoken the word of the Lord

Peter and John explained the message about Jesus to the Samaritans.

# to many villages of the Samaritans

Here "villages" refers to the people in them. AT: "to the people in many Samaritan villages" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peter]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/johntheapostle]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/witness]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/preach]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/goodnews]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/samaria]]