7.Unclean spirits. He toucheth certain kinds briefly, that we may know with what miracles they (501) were brought to attribute any authority to Philip. That crying wherewith the unclean spirits cried was a token of resistance. Wherefore this served not a little to set forth the power of Christ, that he did bind the devils with his commandment, though they resisted stubbornly.
ACTS 8:7 The grammar of the reading that is attested by the earlier and better witnesses (polloi. ga.r tw/n evco,ntwn pneu,mata avka,qarta bow/nta fwnh|/ mega,lh| evxh,rconto( î74 a A B C _al_) is st...
Verse Acts 8:7. _FOR UNCLEAN SPIRITS, CRYING WITH LOUD VOICE, CAME OUT_ _OF MANY THAT WERE POSSESSED_] Hence it is evident that these _unclean spirits_ were not a species of diseases; as they are her...
FOR UNCLEAN SPIRITS - See the notes on Matthew 4:24. CRYING WITH LOUD VOICE - See the notes on Mark 1:26. PALSIES - See the notes on...
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...
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...
SPIRITS. App-101 TAKEN WITH PALSIES. paralytic. Greek. _paraluomai._ Only here, Acts 9:33 Luke 5:18; Luke 5:24.Hebrews 12:12. (feeble) hea
_For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them_ There are some variations in the Gk. Text of this clause, but the most authoritative text would give; _For...
ΠΟΛΛΟῚ for πολλῶν with אABCE. 7. ΠΟΛΛΟῚ ΓᾺΡ Κ.Τ.Λ., _for many of those which had unclean spirits that cried with a loud voice came forth_. This reading is confirmed by the _Vulg_. ‘multi enim eorum qu...
PHILIP’S PREACHING IN SAMARIA AND ITS EFFECT...
_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...
ΈΧΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. Part, в роли _subst._ ΒΟΏΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΒΟΆΩ (G994) громко звать. Part, образа действия, объясняющее, как выходили нечистые духи, ΈΞΉΡΧΟΝ...
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...
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For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. FOR UNCLEAN SPIRITS, CRYING WITH LOUD VOIC...
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...
UNCLEAN SPIRITS] Whether the NT. demoniacs were really possessed, or were insane persons whose delusion took the form of a belief that they were possessed, is an open question. In either case the mira...
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....
FOR UNCLEAN SPIRITS, CRYING WITH LOUD VOICE. — The MSS. present several variations in the structure of the sentence, but they do not affect its meaning. The character of the “signs” agrees with those...
πολλῶν γὰρ κ. τ. λ.: if we accept reading in R.V. (see critical notes above), we must suppose that St. Luke passes in thought from the possessed to the unclean spirits by which they were possessed, an...
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...
_“Many of those having unclean spirits, roaring with a great voice went out of them.” “Crying”_ in E. V. is the Greek _boaoo_, by whose pronunciation you see that it means to roar like the lowing of a...
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...
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...
FOR UNCLEAN SPIRITS,.... Devils, so called because they were unclean themselves, defiled others, add delighted in impure persons and places; Matthew 10:1 CRYING WITH LOUD VOICE; showing their unwilli...
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed _with them_ : and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. Ver. 7. _Crying with a loud voice_] To sh...
_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...
FOR UNCLEAN SPIRITS, CRYING WITH LOUD VOICE., CAME OUT OF MANY THAT WERE POSSESSED WITH THEM; AND MANY TAKEN WITH PALSIES, AND THAT WERE LAME, WERE HEALED....
The missionary work of the disciples and of Philip:...
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...
FOR UNCLEAN SPIRITS, CRYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, CAME OUT OF MANY WHO WERE POSSESSED; AND MANY WHO WERE PARALYZED AND LAME WERE HEALED. 1. Here Luke lists some of the types of miracles which Philip was...
For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with. loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed. 'CRYING WITH. LOUD VOICE'-The demons had cried out...
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...
UNCLEAN SPIRITS, CRYING WITH LOUD VOICE; this is frequently mentioned, as MATTHEW 8:29 MARK 1:26, MARK 3:11 5:8 LUKE 4:41, to show how doth these evil spirits ar
Acts 8:7 For G1063 unclean G169 spirits G4151 crying G994 (G5723) loud G3173 voice G5456 out G1831 ...
‘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 8:7. CRYING WITH LOUD VOICE. Not with indignation, because they were forced to abandon their unhappy victims, but testifying to the Messiahship of Jesus, whose almighty Name they were compelled t...
FOR MANY (πολλο γαρ). So the correct text of the best MSS., but there is an anacoluthon as this nominative has no verb with it. It was "the unclean spirits" that "came out" (εξηρχοντο, imperfect mid...
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...
_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...
_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...
_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...
Acts 14:8; Acts 3:6; Acts 3:7; Acts 5:16; Acts 9:33;...
Taken with palsies [π α ρ α λ ε λ υ μ ε ν ο ι]. Rev., more neatly, palsied. See on Luke 5:18. Were healed. See on Luke 5:15....
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...