Acts 8:1 — NET context
Σαῦλος δὲ ἦν συνευδοκῶν τῇ ἀναιρέσει αὐτοῦ. Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ διωγμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τὴν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις, πάντες |δὲ| διεσπάρησαν κατὰ τὰς χώρας τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας πλὴν τῶν ἀποστόλων.
NET2 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
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Acts 8:2 — NET context
συνεκόμισαν δὲ τὸν Στέφανον ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς καὶ ἐποίησαν κοπετὸν μέγαν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ.
NET2 Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
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Acts 8:3 — NET context
Σαῦλος δὲ ἐλυμαίνετο τὴν ἐκκλησίαν κατὰ τοὺς οἴκους εἰσπορευόμενος, σύρων τε ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας παρεδίδου εἰς φυλακήν.
NET2 But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
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Acts 8:4 — NET context
Οἱ μὲν οὖν διασπαρέντες διῆλθον εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν λόγον.
NET2 Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
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Acts 8:5 — NET context
Φίλιππος δὲ κατελθὼν εἰς [τὴν] πόλιν τῆς Σαμαρείας ἐκήρυσσεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Χριστόν.
NET2 Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.
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Acts 8:6 — NET context
προσεῖχον δὲ οἱ ὄχλοι τοῖς λεγομένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ Φιλίππου ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν τῷ ἀκούειν αὐτοὺς καὶ βλέπειν τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίει.
NET2 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.
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Acts 8:7 — NET context
πολλοὶ γὰρ τῶν ἐχόντων πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα βοῶντα φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἐξήρχοντο, πολλοὶ δὲ παραλελυμένοι καὶ χωλοὶ ἐθεραπεύθησαν·
NET2 For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.
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Acts 8:8 — NET context
ἐγένετο δὲ πολλὴ χαρὰ ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ.
NET2 So there was great joy in that city.
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Acts 8:9 — NET context
Ἀνὴρ δέ τις ὀνόματι Σίμων προϋπῆρχεν ἐν τῇ πόλει μαγεύων καὶ ἐξιστάνων τὸ ἔθνος τῆς Σαμαρείας, λέγων εἶναι τινα ἑαυτὸν μέγαν,
NET2 Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.
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Acts 8:10 — NET context
ᾧ προσεῖχον πάντες ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου λέγοντες· οὗτος ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη.
NET2 All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called ‘Great.’”
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Acts 8:11 — NET context
προσεῖχον δὲ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸ ἱκανῷ χρόνῳ ταῖς μαγείαις ἐξεστακέναι αὐτούς.
NET2 And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.
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Acts 8:12 — NET context
ὅτε δὲ ἐπίστευσαν τῷ Φιλίππῳ εὐαγγελιζομένῳ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐβαπτίζοντο ἄνδρες τε καὶ γυναῖκες.
NET2 But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.
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Acts 8:13 — NET context
ὁ δὲ Σίμων καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπίστευσεν καὶ βαπτισθεὶς ἦν προσκαρτερῶν τῷ Φιλίππῳ, θεωρῶν τε σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας γινομένας ἐξίστατο.
NET2 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.
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Acts 8:14 — NET context
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἀπόστολοι ὅτι δέδεκται ἡ Σαμάρεια τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην,
NET2 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
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Acts 8:15 — NET context
οἵτινες καταβάντες προσηύξαντο περὶ αὐτῶν ὅπως λάβωσιν πνεῦμα ἅγιον·
NET2 These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 8:16 — NET context
(οὐδέπω γὰρ ἦν ἐπ᾿ οὐδενὶ αὐτῶν ἐπιπεπτωκός, μόνον δὲ βεβαπτισμένοι ὑπῆρχον εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.)
NET2 (For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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Acts 8:17 — NET context
τότε ἐπετίθεσαν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐλάμβανον πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
NET2 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 8:18 — NET context
ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Σίμων ὅτι διὰ τῆς ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τῶν ἀποστόλων δίδοται τὸ πνεῦμα, προσήνεγκεν αὐτοῖς χρήματα
NET2 Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money,
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Acts 8:19 — NET context
λέγων· δότε καμοὶ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην ἵνα ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπιθῶ τὰς χεῖρας λαμβάνῃ πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
NET2 saying, “Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
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Acts 8:20 — NET context
Πέτρος δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· τὸ ἀργύριον σου σὺν σοὶ εἴη εἰς ἀπώλειαν ὅτι τὴν δωρεὰν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐνόμισας διὰ χρημάτων κτᾶσθαι·
NET2 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!
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