Acts of the Apostles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1149

ACTS.

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x6 cxisted at ]erusa1em; and, with the exception of the apostles, they were all scattered through the villages of Judea and Samaria. But some pious men took up the body of Stephen, and the mourning over him was great. Saul, however, played havoc with

the church: searching house by house he dragged out both men and women, and imprisoned them. Those, therefore, who were scattered, went about preaching the good news of the Message. Qbilip in Samaria. Philip, arriving thus at a town

of the Samaritans, proclaimed the Messiah to them. Now the crowd, unanimously relying upon the things spoken by Philip, united with him, when they heard them and saw the evidences which he produced. For from many of those possessed he ex- pelled foul spirits, yelling with a loud voice; and many who were paralyzed and lame were made well. And there was great rejoicing in that town. Shaun the Magician. But a man named Simon had

been professing magic in the town, and startled the people of Samaria, holding himself out to be something extraordinary: to whom they all paid regard, from the least to the greatest, This man is the power of God Who is called the Great} And they relied upon him, owing to the length of time he had charmed them with his sciences. But when they believed Philip, an-

nouncing the good news concerning the Kingdom of God, and of the name of jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized—~e,ven Simon himself also believed; and, having been bap- tized, he became an attendant on Philip, and was in ecstasy on seeing the powerful evidences which were produced. When the apostles who were at

jerusalem learned that the Samari- tans had accepted the message of God, they sent to them Peter and john: who, going down, prayed for them, in order that they might receive Holy Spirit; for as yet He had alighted upon none of them; they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord jesus. They then placed their hands upon them, and they re- ceived Holy Spirit. And when Simon observed that 18 the Spirit was transmitted through the agency of the imposition oi the hands of the apostles, he proffered Grant this power also to me, so that if I place my hands upon any one, he may ° receive Holy Spirit. But Peter relying to him, said:

p‘D/lay your wee th go with you to perdition, because you have imagined that the gift of God can be bougit with money. There is no art nor lot in this messa for you: lor your heart is not uprigt in the resences f God. Ch dtgeref oan e your min, ore, from this `wigredness; and pray the Lord, if, perhaps, He will remove from you the intention of your heart. For I sec that you are iu the gall of bitter- ness, and the bonds of iniquity l' 20 21 22

24 so that nothing of what you have stated may como Then when they had given evi- 25 dance, and delivered the message of the Lord, they returned towards jeru- salem, preaching the good news in many of the Samaritan villages. Eb: ®ibiupiun Gbauthzrlaixr.

But an angel of the Lord spoke to

Rise up, and go to- wards the south, upon the road de- scending from ]erusa.1em to Gaza.; And, having arisen, he went, and there met a man, an Ethiopian, a. chamberlain of in— Huence under Candace, the queen of Ethiopia, who was also chancellor of her treasury: who had come to wor· ship at jerusalem, and was returning, seated in his carriage, reading out the prophet Isaiah. Go

forward, and join yourself to this man’s carriage? Philip accordingly running up heard him reading Isaiah Do you at all understand what you are reading? How is it possible

that I should, unless some one can And he requested Philip to come up and sit with him. N ow the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: Hx was LED Lutz A SHEEP To SLAUGHTBR; AND As A LAMB Bmvoxz irs srmaxznizs is DUMB, So Hz ornmzn Nor His uourul :149 26 28