Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 8:12
But when they believed — What Philip preached, then they saw and felt the real power of God, and submitted thereto.
But when they believed — What Philip preached, then they saw and felt the real power of God, and submitted thereto.
Verse Acts 8:12. _BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP_] So it is evident that Philip's word came with greater power then that of Simon; and that his _miracles_ stood the test in such a way as the _feats_ of...
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...
SIMON MAGUS. This man had been for some time at Samaria. This is the only account of him in NT; but in the early Fathers and in Christian legend he occupies much space, and he has been the occasion du...
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...
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...
BELIEVED. App-150. THE THINGS. The texts omit. CONCERNING. Greek. _peri_. App-104. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. App-112 and App-114. NAME. Compare Acts 3:6. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. BAPTIZED. App-115....
_But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God_ The oldest MSS. omit _the things_. The verb "preaching" is the same as in Acts 8:4, and contains the notion of "gospe...
PHILIP’S PREACHING IN SAMARIA AND ITS EFFECT...
ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΙΖΟΜΈΝΩΙ ΠΕΡῚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΊΑΣ Κ.Τ.Λ., _preaching concerning the kingdom of God_. Christ had prepared the Apostles for this work during the forty days after the resurrection (Acts 1:3) by the th...
_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...
ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΈΫ́Ω (G4100) верить, с _dat._ ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΙΖΟΜΈΝΩ _praes. med. (dep.) part., см._ Acts 8:4. _Temp. part._, "когда он провозгласил благую весть" ΈΒΑΠΤΊΖΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind....
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...
See notes on verse 6...
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP PREACHING [THE...
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....
BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP.... — The word for preaching is, as in Acts 8:4, _“preaching the glad tidings_ of the kingdom of God.” The sequel shows that this included baptism as the outward conditio...
εὐαγγελ. περὶ : only here with περί, _cf._ Romans 1:3 (Jos., _Ant._, xv., 7, 2). Amongst the Samaritans Philip would have found a soil already prepared for his teaching, _cf._ John 4:25, and a doctrin...
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...
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...
12._When they had believed. _That is the miracle whereof I spake because they heard Philip, who were altogether made astonied with the illusions of Simon; in that they were made partakers of the heave...
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...
BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP,.... Though they had been carried away so long with this deceiver, and had been so much attached unto him, and held in admiration of him; yet when Philip came and preache...
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Ver. 12. _They were baptized both men and women...
_But when they believed Philip_, &c. When they became spectators of Philip's miracles, and were convinced that they were real, and those of Simon a mere sham; or, when they believed the doctrine that...
When the gospel is faithfully preached, and accompanied by the influences of the Holy Spirit, men of all classes embrace it. They may have followed artful deceivers, and been sunk in spiritual darknes...
The conversion of Simon:...
BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP PREACHING THE THINGS CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THEY WERE BAPTIZED, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN....
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...
BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP AS HE PREACHED THE THINGS CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WERE BAPTIZED. 1. But there was something very different about P...
But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 'BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP'-People who had...
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...
WHEN THEY BELIEVED; before they were baptized, being adult and strangers from the covenant, they must first evidence their right unto it, and profess their faith in Christ, and testify their conversat...
Acts 8:12 But G1161 when G3753 believed G4100 (G5656) Philip G5376 preached G2097 (G5734) concerning G4012 kingdom...
‘But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingly rule of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptised, both men and women.' Philip proclaimed the Kingly Rule of God...
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 8:12. BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP... THEY WERE BAPTIZED, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. ‘Philip,' as Bishop Lightfoot observes _(Galatians,_ Dissertation iii.), ‘carried into practice the doctrine which S...
THEY WERE BAPTIZED (εβαπτιζοντο). Imperfect passive (repetition, from time to time), whileBELIEVED (επιστευσαν) is constative aorist antecedent to the baptism. Note dative case of Philip with επι...
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...
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...
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...
BUT WHEN THEY BELIEVED PHILIP'S MESSAGE. Note that: (1) Philip preached to them; (2) the Good News of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ; (3) faith came from hearing the message (Romans 1...
_But there was a certain man called Simon _ SIMON THE MAGIAN UNMASKED AND PUT TO SHAME This Simon was the first heretic in the Christian Church, the first to claim its fellowship while out of sympat...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:9. SIMON.—Not the Cyprian Jew of that name whom, according to Josephus (_Ant._, XX. vii. 2), Felix afterwards employed to persuade Drusilla to leave for him her husband. King...
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 Corinthians 11:11; 1 Peter 3:21; Acts 1:3; Acts 11:20; Acts 20:21;...
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...