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Da guy Saul stay dea, an he tink dass good dey wen kill Stephen.

Saul Make Jesus Guys Suffa

Dat same day dey wen start fo make all da peopo suffa plenny dat wen come togedda fo church Jerusalem side. So all da peopo dat wen trus da Good Stuff From God wen go all ova Judea an Samaria. But da twelve guys Jesus wen send neva go way. Some guys dat trus God an do wat he say wen bury Stephen, an dey sad an crying real hard cuz he wen mahke.

But da guy Saul wen start fo wipe out da peopo dat come togedda fo church. He wen go inside all da houses, an he drag away da guys an da wahines, an throw dem inside da jail.

Philip Teach Da Good Stuff Samaria Side

Jesus guys dat wen go all ova wen teach wat God say inside all da places dey wen go. Philip wen go one big town inside Samaria, an teach da peopo ova dea bout da Spesho Guy God Wen Send. All da peopo dea wen hear Philip, an dey wen see all da awesome stuff he wen do dat show wat kine guy him, so den dey wen listen real good to da stuff he wen say. Plenny bad kine spirits wen make big noise an let go plenny peopo. Plenny peopo dat no can move an no can walk wen come good. So everybody dat town wen come real, real good inside.

Simon da Kahuna Guy

Had one guy name Simon dea dat wen make kahuna dat town. An all da Samaria kine peopo, wen blow dea minds cuz a him. He wen say he one big shot, aah. 10 All da big guys an da odda peopo wen listen to him real good an say, “Dis guy, he da guy dey name ‘Da Big Power From God.’ ” 11 Dey wen stick wit him cuz he stay blow dea minds long time, cuz he wen make da kahuna kine stuff. 12 But Philip wen teach da peopo dea da Good Stuff bout how peopo can get God fo dea King, an dat Jesus, he da Spesho Guy God Wen Send. So da guys an da wahines wen trus wat Philip wen say, an he wen baptize dem. 13 Simon, he wen trus Jesus too, an Philip wen baptize him. An Simon wen stick wit Philip all da places he wen go. Philip wen do all kine awesome stuff dat show da power he get, an wen blow Simonʼs mind.

14 Da guys Jesus wen send, dey wen stay Jerusalem side. Dey wen hear dat da peopo Samaria side wen trus wat God wen say. So dey wen send Peter an John ova dea by dem. 15 Wen Peter an John come, dey wen pray fo da peopo, so dey can get Godʼs Spesho Spirit. 16 Cuz Godʼs Spesho Spirit neva take charge a da peopo dea yet. Dey wen get baptize cuz a da One name Jesus ony. 17 Den Peter an John wen put dea hands on top everybody, an den Godʼs Spesho Spirit wen take charge a dem.

18 Simon wen see dat Godʼs Spesho Spirit wen take charge a da peopo wen da guys Jesus wen send wen put dea hands on top dem. He wen try give dem money, an he say, 19 “You can give me da power too, so dat wen I put my hands on top da peopo, Godʼs Spesho Spirit goin take charge dem?”

20 Peter wen tell him, “You an yoa money goin mahke togedda! Cuz you tink dat you can buy Godʼs gif wit yoa money! 21 You no can work fo God wit us, cuz God see yoa heart no stay right. 22 You betta come sorry cuz a dis real bad ting you wen do, an aks da Boss if he can hemo you from da bad kine stuff you tinking! 23 Cuz I know you stay real jealous an nuha deep inside, an you stay all tie up wit da kine stuff dat no stay right.”

24 Den Simon wen tell Peter an John, “You can pray to da Boss fo me, so dat all dis stuff dat you wen say no happen to me?”

25 Den Peter an John wen tell da peopo wat God wen do fo dem, an dey wen teach wat God wen say. Den wen dey going back Jerusalem side, dey wen teach da Good Stuff From God inside plenny small towns Samaria side.

Philip An Da Guy From Etiopia

26 One angel guy from da Boss wen tell Philip, “Go sout to da road inside da boonies dat go from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So Philip wen go, an he come by one eunuch guy dat no can marry from Etiopia. He one real importan guy dat stay in charge a all da money fo Queen Candace from Etiopia side. Dis guy wen go Jerusalem fo go down an pray to God. 28 Now he going home, an he sitting inside his carriage. He was reading da book dat Isaiah wen write, da guy dat wen talk fo God befo time. 29 Godʼs Spesho Spirit wen tell Philip, “Go by dat carriage, an stay near um.” 30 Philip wen run ova dea, an hear da guy reading Isaiahʼs book. Philip wen aks da guy, “You undastan wat you reading, o wat?”

31 Da Etiopia guy wen say, “I no can undastan um if nobody tell me wat dis mean.” Den he tell Philip fo climb inside da carriage an sit down by him. 32 Da place inside da Bible wea he wen read say,

“Dey wen take him away
Jalike dey take one sheep away fo kill um.
He jalike one baby sheep
Dat no make noise
Wen dey cutting off his wool.
He neva say notting.
33 Dey wen make him shame,
An dey neva do da right kine ting fo him.
Nobody can talk bout his kids,
Cuz his life wen pau
Inside dis world.”

34 Da guy wen tell Philip, “Please, tell me who Isaiah stay talking bout. He talking bout himself o one nodda guy?” 35 Den Philip wen teach him. He wen start in dat place wea da guy was reading inside da Bible, an wen tell him da Good Stuff Bout Jesus. 36 Dey stay going on da road, an dey come by some water. An da guy wen say, “Look ova dea! Get water. You can baptize me, yeah?”

37 [Philip wen tell him, “I can baptize you if you trus God inside yoa heart fo real kine.”

Da guy wen say, “I trus dat Jesus, he da Spesho Guy God Wen Send. He Godʼs Boy.”] 38 Da guy wen tell his worka guy fo make da carriage stay dea. Den Philip an da guy wen go down inside da water, an Philip wen baptize him. 39 Wen dey wen come outa da water, right den an dea da Bossʼs Spesho Spirit wen take Philip away. Da eunuch guy neva see Philip any moa, but he wen stay going an he feel real good inside. 40 Den Philip wen show up Azotus side, an he wen go all da towns, teaching da Good Stuff From God. An den he go Cesarea side.

And Saul(A) approved of their killing him.

The Church Persecuted and Scattered

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.(C) Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. But Saul(D) began to destroy the church.(E) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Philip in Samaria

Those who had been scattered(F) preached the word wherever they went.(G) Philip(H) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(I) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(J) So there was great joy in that city.

Simon the Sorcerer

Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(K) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(L) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(M) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God(N) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,(O) both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(P) he saw.

14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(Q) had accepted the word of God,(R) they sent Peter and John(S) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(T) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(U) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(V) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(W) and they received the Holy Spirit.(X)

18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(Y) 21 You have no part or share(Z) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(AA) before God. 22 Repent(AB) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”

24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(AC) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(AD) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(AE)

Philip and the Ethiopian

26 Now an angel(AF) of the Lord said to Philip,(AG) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](AH) eunuch,(AI) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(AJ) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(AK) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
    Who can speak of his descendants?
    For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](AL)

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(AM) with that very passage of Scripture(AN) and told him the good news(AO) about Jesus.

36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(AP) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(AQ) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(AR) until he reached Caesarea.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:27 That is, from the southern Nile region
  2. Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)
  3. Acts 8:37 Some manuscripts include here Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”