Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 8:25
Not only in the chief city, but in the smallest villages, these great apostles spend their pains; for so it was promised unto them that they should receive power to do, Acts 1:8.
Not only in the chief city, but in the smallest villages, these great apostles spend their pains; for so it was promised unto them that they should receive power to do, Acts 1:8.
Verse Acts 8:25. _AND THEY, WHEN THEY HAD - PREACHED - RETURNED TO_ _JERUSALEM_] That is, Peter and John returned, after they had borne testimony to and confirmed the work which Philip had wrought....
IN MANY VILLAGES ... - They went at first directly to the “city” of Samaria. On their return to Jerusalem they travelled more at leisure, and preached in the villages also - a good example for the min...
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...
ACTS 8:25. RETURN OF PETER AND JOHN TO JERUSALEM. The Church founded by Philip at Samaria is further strengthened by the apostles, who also preached in many villages of the Samaritans, whether before...
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...
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they despatched Peter and John to them. They came down and prayed for them, so that they might receive the Holy Spirit,...
AND THEY. Literally They indeed therefore. TESTIFIED. Greek. _diamarturomai,_ i.e. fulfilled their testimony. Compare Acts 2:40. PREACHED. spoke. Greek. _laleo._ App-121. PREACHED THE GOSPEL IN. ev...
_And they_[They therefore], _when they had testified and preached_[spoken] _the word of the Lord, returned to_[towards] _Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in_[to] _many villages of the Samaritans_ Pe...
ΟἹ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν … ΛΑΛΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ … ΕἸΣ ἹΕΡΟΣΌΛΥΜΑ … ΕΥ̓ΗΓΓΕΛΊΖΟΝΤΟ, _they therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned towards Jerusalem, and preached the Gospel to many villa...
PETER AND JOHN SENT DOWN TO SAMARIA. CONDUCT OF SIMON MAGUS...
_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...
ΔΙΑΜΑΡΤΥΡΌΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΔΙΑΜΑΡΤΎΟΜΑΙ (G1263) свидетельствовать, удостоверять, торжественно объявлять (МН, 302). Part, в роли _subst._ ΛΑΛΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980)...
WHEN THEY HAD TESTIFIED, &C.— _When they had borne their testimony,_ &c. that is, to the truth of the gospel. See on Luke 24:48....
C. THE WORK OF PETER AND JOHN. Acts 8:14-25. I. AT JERUSALEM. Acts 8:14 Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them...
25. In connection with the prime object of their visit to Samaria, Peter and John also furthered the efforts of Philip in preaching and teaching. This we learn from an incidental remark in connection...
And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. AND THEY (PETER AND JOHN), WHEN THEY HAD TEST...
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...
8:25 announced (c-16) A continuing work....
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....
AND THEY, WHEN THEY HAD TESTIFIED... — The statement involves a stay of some duration, long enough to found and organise a community of disciples. And this was followed, not by an immediate return to...
οἱ μὲν οὖν : the μὲν οὖν and δέ in Acts 8:26 may connect the return of the party to Jerusalem and the following instructions to Philip for his journey, and so enable us to gather for a certainty that...
CONFIRMING NEW BELIEVERS Acts 8:14-25 Simon attracted people to _himself;_ he posed as a man of power and mystery. The gospel fixes our thoughts exclusively upon _Jesus._ We preach Him as Lord, and o...
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...
Simon's Sin When the apostles heard of the events in Samaria, they sent Peter and John to the city. Theophilus may well have remembered that John and his brother, James, had asked the Lord if they sho...
After the arrival of the apostles, Philip accompanied them; meanwhile they prosecuted extensive tours in Samaria, everywhere preaching the gospel, seeing multitudes of those heathen converted, and unh...
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...
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: (10) To whom they all gave h...
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...
25._And they testified. _In these words Luke teacheth that Peter and John came not only that they might enrich the Samaritans with the gifts of the Spirit, but also that they might establish them in t...
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 THEY, WHEN THEY HAD TESTIFIED, c. That is, Simeon (or Peter) and John, as the Syriac version expresses it when they had bore their testimony to, and by it confirmed the Gospel as preached by Phili...
And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. Ver. 25. _When they had testified_] That is, wi...
_And when they had testified, and preached the word of the Lord_ Had borne a solemn testimony by word and deed to the truth of the gospel, and confirmed what Philip had preached; they _returned to Jer...
MANY VILLAGES; through which they passed on their way to Jerusalem....
AND THEY, WHEN THEY HAD TESTIFIED AND PREACHED THE WORD OF THE LORD, RETURNED TO JERUSALEM, AND PREACHED THE GOSPEL IN MANY VILLAGES OF THE SAMARITANS. The faith of Simon the Magician had undoubtedly...
The blasphemous demand of Simon:...
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...
SO WHEN THEY HAD TESTIFIED AND PREACHED THE WORD OF THE LORD, THEY RETURNED TO JERUSALEM, PREACHING THE GOSPEL IN MANY VILLAGES OF THE SAMARITANS. 1. This is a transition verse. The teaching, baptism...
'Palsy'. Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia Of The Bible. p. 587....
14-25 The Holy Ghost was as yet fallen upon none of these coverts, in the extraordinary powers conveyed by the descent of the Spirit upon the day of Pentecost. We may take encouragement from this exa...
25. In connection with the prime object of their visit to Samaria, Peter and John also furthered the efforts of Philip in preaching and teaching. This we learn from an incidental remark in connection...
Acts 8:25 when G3303 G3767 testified G1263 (G5666) and G2532 preached G2980 (G5660) word G3056 Lord...
‘They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.' Then once Peter and John, impressed by the...
Acts 8:25. AND THEY... RETURNED TO JERUSALEM. They that is, John and Peter now left Philip to pursue his work alone, and returned to the capital city. ANA PREACHED THE GOSPEL IN MANY VILLAGES OF THE...
THEY THEREFORE (ο μεν ουν). Demonstrative ο with μεν (no following δε) and the inferential ουν (therefore) as often in Acts (Acts 1:6, etc.).RETURNED (υπεστρεφον). Imperfect active picturing the...
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...
AFTER THEY HAD GIVEN. Peter and John did not rush back to Jerusalem, but used every opportunity to spread the Good News of Jesus....
_Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John._ THE FIRST CHURCH VISITATION I. The occasion. There is-- 1. Chris...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:25 The apostles’ preaching in MANY VILLAGES OF THE SAMARITANS fulfills Acts 1:8....
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...
1 Peter 5:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 18:5; Acts 20:21; Acts 26:22;...
PHILIP THE EVANGELIST Acts 8:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Philip was a man mighty in word and in deed. He wrought miracles and preached Christ, The people may have talked and marveled at the many palsied a...