diff --git a/45-ACT/08.usfm b/45-ACT/08.usfm index f1dbb632..13641bd1 100644 --- a/45-ACT/08.usfm +++ b/45-ACT/08.usfm @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 25 When Peter and John had born witness and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem; along the way, they proclaimed the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. +\v 25 When testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, proclaiming the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. \s5 \p @@ -65,27 +65,27 @@ \s5 \v 32 Now the passage of the scripture which the Ethiopian was reading was this, -\q "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; -\q and as a lamb before his shearer is silent, -\q he does not open his mouth: +\q "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, +\q and like a lamb before his shearer is silent, +\q so he did not open his mouth: \q -\v 33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: -\q Who will declare his generation? -\q for his life was taken from the earth." +\v 33 In his humiliation justice was taken from him. +\q And his descendants, who will be able to fully describe them? +\q For his life was taken from the earth." \m \s5 -\v 34 So the eunuch asked Philip, and said, "I beg you, of whom is the prophet speaking? Of himself, or of some other person?" -\v 35 Philip began to speak; he started with this scripture in Isaiah to proclaim about Jesus to him. +\v 34 So the eunuch asked Philip, and said, "I beg you, who is the prophet speaking about, himself, or someone else?" +\v 35 Philip began to speak, and beginning with this scripture he proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. \s5 -\v 36 As they went on the road, they came to some water; the eunuch said, "Look, there is water here; what prevents me from being baptized?" +\v 36 As they went on the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water here. What prevents me from being baptized?" \v 37 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Acts 8:37, \fqa Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may be baptized." The Ethiopian answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." \f* \v 38 So the Ethiopian commanded the chariot to stop. They went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and Philip baptized him. \s5 -\v 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; the eunuch saw him no longer, and he went on his way rejoicing. -\v 40 But Philip appeared at Azotus. He passed through that region and proclaimed the gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea. +\v 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing. +\v 40 But Philip appeared at Azotus and he went through that region, proclaiming the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.