Fully Devoted

The Gospel of Mark (Part Seven)

Crisis Converted

Strong Disciples Two

Elijah. Man of Courage, Man of Faith, Man of God.

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Doing Theology From Below

The Other Five Prayer Journey

Through the Bible: Job

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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> my God, in thee do I put my trust:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"><span class="content">Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> in pieces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"><span class="content">While </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> none to deliver.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> my God, if I have done this;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"><span class="content">If there be iniquity in my hands;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"><span class="content">(Yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="content">Yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Arise, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="content">And awake for me </span><span class="add"><span class="content">to</span></span><span class="content"> the judgment </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> thou hast commanded.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"><span class="content">For their sakes therefore return thou on high.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall judge the people: Judge me, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="content">According to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> in me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">but establish the just:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">For the righteous God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">Trieth the hearts and reins.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My defence </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"><span class="content">Which saveth the upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">God judgeth the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"><span class="content">And God is angry </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with the wicked</span></span><span class="content"> every day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If he turn not, he will whet his sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="content">He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"><span class="content">He ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Behold, he travaileth with iniquity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"><span class="content">And hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He made a pit, and digged it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"><span class="content">And is fallen into the ditch </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> he made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">His mischief shall return upon his own head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"><span class="content">And his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> according to his righteousness:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.7.17"><span class="content">And will sing praise to the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> most high.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> our Lord, how excellent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> thy name in all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">What is man, that thou art mindful of him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="content">And the son of man, that thou visitest him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="content">And hast crowned him with glory and honour.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="content">Thou hast put all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> under his feet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All sheep and oxen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="content">Yea, and the beasts of the field;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And whatsoever</span></span><span class="content"> passeth through the paths of the seas.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> our Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.8.9"><span class="content">How excellent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> thy name in all the earth!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will praise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thee</span></span><span class="content">, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, with my whole heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.9.1"><span class="content">I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will be glad and rejoice in thee:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="content">I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1489; Bet</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When mine enemies are turned back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="content">They shall fall and perish at thy presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="content">Thou satest in the throne judging right.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1490; Gimel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="content">Thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="content">And thou hast destroyed cities; Their memorial is perished with them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1492; He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall endure for ever:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="content">He hath prepared his throne for judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And he shall judge the world in righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="content">He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1493; Waw</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> also will be a refuge for the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="content">A refuge in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="content">For thou, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1494; Zain</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Sing praises to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, which dwelleth in Zion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="content">Declare among the people his doings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="content">He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1495; Het</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Have mercy upon me, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">; Consider my trouble </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which I suffer</span></span><span class="content"> of them that hate me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="content">Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="content">I will rejoice in thy salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1496; Tet</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The heathen are sunk down in the pit </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> they made:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="content">In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> is known </span><span class="add"><span class="content">by</span></span><span class="content"> the judgment </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> he executeth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="content">The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Higgaion. Selah.</span></span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1497; Yod</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The wicked shall be turned into hell,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> all the nations that forget God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1499; Kaph</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For the needy shall not alway be forgotten:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="content">The expectation of the poor shall </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> perish for ever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Arise, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">; let not man prevail:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="content">Let the heathen be judged in thy sight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Put them in fear, O </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.9.20"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That</span></span><span class="content"> the nations may know themselves </span><span class="add"><span class="content">to be but</span></span><span class="content"> men. </span><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">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 Jud&#230;a and Samaria, except the apostles. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And devout men carried Stephen </span><span class="add"><span class="content">to his burial</span></span><span class="content">, and made great lamentation over him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> to prison.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Church in Jud&#230;a and Samaria</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">with them</span></span><span class="content">: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And there was great joy in that city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">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: </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">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. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">(for as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then laid they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in</span></span><span class="content"> the bond of iniquity. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.8.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Philip and an Ethiopian</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.8.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ACT.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ACT.8.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ACT.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And Philip ran thither to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content">, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The place of the scripture which he read was this,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="content">He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="content">And like a lamb dumb before his shearer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="content">So opened he not his mouth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ACT.8.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">In his humiliation his judgment was taken away:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.8.33"><span class="content">And who shall declare his generation?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.8.33"><span class="content">For his life is taken from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ACT.8.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ACT.8.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ACT.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ACT.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">And as they went on </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">here is</span></span><span class="content"> water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ACT.8.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ACT.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ACT.8.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="ACT.8.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to C&#230;sarea.</span></span></div>
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