Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Acts 8:6
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
ACTS 8:6 prosei/con de. oi` o;cloi Here the jejune superfluity of the expansions of the Western text was too much even for Blass, 171 who refused to adopt the addition of D, w`j de. h;kouon pa/n (itd...
Verse Acts 8:6. _THE PEOPLE WITH ONE ACCORD GAVE HEED_] He had fixed their attention, not only with the gravity and importance of the matter of his preaching, but also by _the miracles which he did_....
WITH ONE ACCORD - Unitedly, or with one mined. Great multitudes of them did it. GAVE HEED - Paid attention to; embraced. HEARING - Hearing what he said....
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
PHILIP AT SAMARIA. Philip's activity is given here beside that of Stephen. He belongs to the Seven, not to the Twelve, who remain at Jerusalem except when specially called elsewhere (Acts 6:1 *). More...
Those who were scattered abroad went throughout the country telling the message of the good news. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. The crowds listened attentively t...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
PEOPLE. crowds. Greek. _ochlos._ WITH ONE ACCORD. Greek. _homothumadon._ See note on Acts 1:14. GAVE HEED. Same word as "take heed in Acts 5:35, and "attended" in Acts 16:14. WHICH PHILIP SPAKE. spo...
_And the people_[multitudes] _with one accord gave heed_ The original words imply that crowds of the people gave their faith and consent to the new teaching. _hearing and seeing the miracles which he...
PHILIP’S PREACHING IN SAMARIA AND ITS EFFECT...
ΠΡΟΣΕΙ͂ΧΟΝ ΔῈ ΟἹ ὌΧΛΟΙ, _and the multitudes gave heed_. We know from John 4:25; John 4:29; John 4:42, that some among the Samaritans were looking for the advent of the Messiah. The field had been alre...
_THE CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITANS ACTS 8:5-25:_ Philip went to Samaria and preached Christ and the gospel of His kingdom. (Acts 8:12) Signs and wonders confirmed the message Philip preached. As the go...
ΠΡΟΣΕΪ́ΧΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΧΩ (G4337) остерегаться, с _dat._ Используется в _знач._ обращать внимание и откликаться благоприятно (Bruce). _Impf._ изображает повторяющееся действие, ΛΕΓΟΜΈΝ...
DISCOURSE: 1758 PHILIP PREACHES CHRIST IN SAMARIA Acts 8:5. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things whic...
B. THE FIRST WORK OF PHILIP. Acts 8:5-13. Acts 8:5 And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ. Acts 8:6 And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the...
6-11. When Philip first entered the city of Samaria, the public mind was in a condition most unfavorable to the reception of the gospel. The practice of magical arts was quite common among the Jews an...
4 We now enter the second cycle of the kingdom testimony. Jerusalem and Judea have not heeded its proclamation. It is now offered to Samaria, then it will go to the limits of the earth, and even to th...
PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
προσεῖχον … τοῖς λεγ., _cf._ Acts 16:14; 1 Timothy 1:4; Titus 1:14; 2 Peter 1:9, see note on...
FRUITS OF THE SCATTERED SEED Acts 8:1-13 Evidently Stephen was beloved outside the precincts of the Church, for it would seem that the devout men who lamented his early death and carried his poor bod...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
Philip Preaching in Samaria Philip, who was one of the seven, went to the city of Samaria. Because the Samaritans were of mixed descent coming from the intermarriage of Jews and Gentiles, the Jews reg...
EVANGELIZATION OF SAMARIA 5-25. Philip, a bright, uncultured layman, sanctified in the Pentecostal revival, _“filled with the Spirit and wisdom,”_ rendering him eligible to the office of deacon, was t...
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
6._And the multitude gave ear. _Luke declareth how the Samaritans did embrace Philip’s doctrine. For he saith that they heard, whereby they took some taste; there was also another prick whereby they w...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
AND THE PEOPLE WITH ONE ACCORD,.... The inhabitants of the city of Samaria, as one man, came to hear the word: AND GAVE HEED TO THOSE THINGS WHICH PHILIP SPAKE; they listened to them, took notice of...
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. Ver. 6. _And the people, &c._] A corrupt place, and bewitched by the sorce...
_Then Philip_, &c. The sacred historian here proceeds to record one particular instance of the success of the preaching of the persons dispersed by the above-mentioned persecution. The Philip here spo...
The missionary work of the disciples and of Philip:...
AND THE PEOPLE WITH ONE ACCORD GAVE HEED UNTO THOSE THINGS WHICH PHILIP SPAKE, HEARING AND SEEING THE MIRACLES WHICH HE DID....
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
AND THE MULTITUDES WITH ONE ACCORD HEEDED THE THINGS SPOKEN BY PHILIP, HEARING AND SEEING THE MIRACLES WHICH HE DID. 1. Here we must pay close attention to the wording. 1. THEY HEEDED THE THINGS SPO...
And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did. 'GAVE HEED WITH ONE ACCORD'-'unanimously attended' (Ber); 'at...
5-13 As far as the gospel prevails, evil spirits are dislodged, particularly unclean spirits. All inclinations to the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul are such. Distempers are here named...
GAVE HEED; a good preparation towards their conversion, seeing _faith cometh by hearing,_ ROMANS 10:17. HEARING AND SEEING THE MIRACLES WHICH HE DID; these miracles were as so many evidences of the tr...
6-11. When Philip first entered the city of Samaria, the public mind was in a condition most unfavorable to the reception of the gospel. The practice of magical arts was quite common among the Jews an...
Acts 8:6 And G5037 multitudes G3793 accord G3661 heeded G4337 (G5707) spoken G3004 (G5746) G5259 Philip...
‘And the multitudes gave heed with one accord to the things which were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did. For from many of those who had unclean spirits, they came out,...
THE CONTINUING MINISTRY OF PETER (9:32-11:18). In preparing for the Gentile ministry of Paul, a preparation which has included what we have just considered concerning his conversion and ministry to Je...
Acts 8:6. AND THE PEOPLE WITH ONE ACCORD GAVE HEED. The visit and the work of Christ in the neighbouring city of Sychar (St. John 4) help us to understand the warm welcome which Philip received among...
GAVE HEED (προσειχον). Imperfect active as in verses Acts 8:10; Acts 8:11, there with dative of the person (αυτω), here with the dative of the thing (τοις λεγομενοις). There is an ellipse of νουν (m...
Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
THE CROWDS PAID CLOSE ATTENTION. The miracles got their attention. _Compare_ Acts 19:10-12. Philip, one of the seven (Acts 6:5), had the gift of miracles. This is the second recorded example of one, w...
_And Saul was consenting to his death._ THREE GREAT FIGURES IN THE CHURCH I. The persecuting Saul. In this part of the narrative the name of Saul occurs three times (Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1; Acts 8:3). H...
_Then Philip wont down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ unto them._ PHILIP AT SAMARIA I. The preacher--“Philip.” 1. His native place--“Caesarea,” most likely. 2. His official status--“Ev...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:6 The Samaritans had their own expectation of a prophetic Messiah. They believed he would come to Mt. Gerizim (see John 4:20). John the Baptist and Jesus had previously ministered...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:5. PHILIP.—Not the apostle, but the deacon (Acts 6:4). THE CITY OF SAMARIA—according to the best MSS.—signifies that the capital built by Omri (1 Kings 16:24), and renamed Se...
EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
2 Chronicles 30:12; Acts 13:44; John 4:41; John 4:42; Matthew 20:15;...
THE GREAT PERSECUTION Acts 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We approach today the scenes that immediately followed Stephen's death. Satan, encouraged by Stephen's martyrdom, thinks to press on with fire and...