And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, (A)a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and (B)Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and (C)Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch,

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This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen,(A) a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit;(B) also Philip,(C) Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

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Christ Is Preached to an Ethiopian(A)

26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to (B)Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is [a]desert.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:26 Or a deserted place

Philip and the Ethiopian

26 Now an angel(A) of the Lord said to Philip,(B) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

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30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

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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.

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