vinhvd749_en_elt_act_book/act/8.json

{
  "1": "And Saul was agreeing with his execution.\n\\p\nAnd there began on that day a great persecution against the church that was in Jerusalem, and they all were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.",
  "2": "And devout men carried away Stephen and made great lamentation over him.",
  "3": "But Saul was harming the church, entering according to the houses, dragging out both men and women, and delivering them to prison.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "4": "Then those who had been scattered went about proclaiming the gospel—the word.",
  "5": "And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, proclaiming to them the Christ.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "6": "And the crowds with one accord were paying attention to the things being spoken by Philip when they heard them and saw the signs that he was doing.",
  "7": "For many of them having unclean spirits, they were coming out, crying out with a loud voice. And many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.",
  "8": "And there was much joy in that city.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "9": "But a certain man named Simon was formerly practicing sorcery in the city and astonishing the nation of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great,",
  "10": "to whom they all, from least to greatest, were paying attention, saying, “This man is the power of God which is called Great.”",
  "11": "And they were listening to him, because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorceries.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "12": "But when they believed Philip, proclaiming the gospel about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.",
  "13": "And Simon himself also believed and, having been baptized, he was continuing with Philip. And seeing signs and mighty deeds happening, he was amazed.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "14": "Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,",
  "15": "who, having come down, prayed for them, so that they might receive the Holy Spirit.",
  "16": "For he had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.",
  "17": "Then they were laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "18": "And when Simon saw that the Spirit was being given through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, he offered them money.",
  "19": "He was saying, “Give to me also this authority, so that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "20": "But Peter said to him, “Your silver with you is for destruction, because you thought to obtain the gift of God through money.",
  "21": "There is to you no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.",
  "22": "Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, if therefore the intention of your heart will be forgiven to you.",
  "23": "For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "24": "But answering, Simon said, “You pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing of which you have spoken may happen to me.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "25": "Therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they were returning to Jerusalem and proclaiming the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "26": "Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is desert.)",
  "27": "And he arose and went, and behold, a man from Ethiopia, a eunuch, an official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.",
  "28": "He was both returning and sitting in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "29": "And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and be joined to this chariot.”",
  "30": "So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”",
  "31": "And he said, “For how would I be able, unless someone will guide me?” And he summoned Philip, having come up, to sit with him.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "32": "And the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,\n\\q\n“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,\n\\q\nand like a lamb before its shearer is silent,\n\\q\nthus he does not open his mouth.\n\\q",
  "33": "In humiliation his justice was taken away.\n\\q\nWho can fully describe his generation?\n\\q\nFor his life was taken from the earth.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\m",
  "34": "And answering, the eunuch said to Philip, “I am begging you, about whom is the prophet saying this—concerning himself, or about some other person?”",
  "35": "And Philip opened his mouth, and having begun with this scripture, he proclaimed the gospel to him—Jesus.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "36": "And as they were going along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch says, “Behold, water! What is preventing me to be baptized?”",
  "37": "\\f + \\ft Some ancient manuscripts include verse 37.\\f*  [And Philip said to him, “If you believe from your whole heart, you will be saved.” And he answered and said, “I believe in the Christ, the Son of God.”]",
  "38": "And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "39": "And when they came up from the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched away Philip, and the eunuch did not see him anymore, for he went on his way rejoicing.",
  "40": "But Philip was found at Azotus and passed through, proclaiming the gospel to all the cities until his coming to Caesarea.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\p"
}