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Acts 8:5

Philip

(Φιλιππος). The deacon (Acts 6:5) and evangelist (Acts 21:8), not the apostle of the same name (Mark 3:18).To the city of Samaria

(εις την πολιν της Σαμαριας). Genitive of apposition. Samaria is the name of the city here. This is the first instance cited of the expansion noted in verse Acts 8:4. Jesus had an early and fruitful ministry in Samaria (Acts 8:4), though the twelve were forbidden to go into a Samaritan city during the third tour of Galilee (Matthew 10:5), a temporary prohibition withdrawn before Jesus ascended on high (Acts 1:8).Proclaimed

(εκηρυσσεν). Imperfect active, began to preach and kept on at it. Note ευαγγελιζομενο in verse Acts 8:4 of missionaries of good news (Page) while εκηρυσσεν here presents the preacher as a herald. He is also a teacher (διδασκαλος) like Jesus. Luke probably obtained valuable information from Philip and his daughters about these early days when in his home in Caesarea (Acts 21:8).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΦΊΛΙΠΠΟΣ ΔΈ, _But Philip_. He is the second named in the list of the seven deacons (Acts 6:5). He is only mentioned in this chapter and Acts 21:8, where he is called Philip the Evangelist. ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΠΌΛ...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN PHILIP WENT DOWN— We are sure that it was not Philip the _apostle,_ both as he continued at Jerusalem, and as this Philip had not the power of communicating the miraculous gifts of the holy Spiri...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    φίλιππος δὲ : the Evangelist, _cf._ Acts 21:8, and note on Acts 6:5. εἰς πόλιν : if we insert the article (see above on critical notes), the expression means “the city of Samaria,” _i.e._, the capital...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (4) Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. (4) Philip, who was before a deacon in Jerusalem, is made an evangelist by God in an extraordinary way....

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 8:5 Then G1161 Philip G5376 down G2718 (G5631) to G1519 city G4172 Samaria G4540 preached G2784 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

    PHILIP WENT TO THE CITY OF SAMARIA. This is not Philip the apostle, but rather Philip the "church helper" (Acts 6:5). The city of Samaria was some ten miles northwest of Sychar. Herod the Great rebuil...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:5 PHILIP most likely visited Sebaste, the main city of the Samaritans, located at the foot of their holy mountain Gerizim. The Samaritans were a racially and religiously mixed grou...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 2:2; 1 Corinthians 3:11; Acts 1:8;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Philip. The deacon (Acts 6:5). Not the apostle. On the name, see on Mark 3:18. Christ [τ ο ν χ ρ ι σ τ ο ν]. Note the article, "the Christ," and see on Matthew 1:1. He did [ε π ο ι ε ι]. Imperfect. K...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Stephen — Being taken away, Philip, his next colleague, (not the apostle,) rises in his place....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. Amongst the dispersed, who went to Samaria, Philip was one: not Philip the apostle, (for all of them remained at Jerusalem,) but Philip the deacon, who was the second in order after S...

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