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 "gospel" or "glad tidings." Now that the field of the preachers" labour is being extended we have a further definition of the character of the message which they carried everywhere. "The kingdom of God" was the subject of Christ's converse with the disciples during the forty days after His resurrection (Acts 1:3).

and the name of Jesus Christ i.e. that He was the Messiah of whom there was knowledge and perhaps some expectation among the Samaritans (John 4:25; John 4:42). The question of the woman of Samaria "Is not this the Christ?" was answered by Philip's preaching.

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