was. came to be.
And there was great joy - This joy arose: From the fact that so many persons, before sick and afflicted, were restored to health. (2)From...
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 exce...
8. The joy whereof he speaketh is a fruit of faith. For it cannot be but that so soon as we know that God will be favorable and merciful our...
DISCOURSE: 1758 PHILIP PREACHES CHRIST IN SAMARIA Acts 8:5-8 . Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And...
And there was great joy in that city. There was great joy in that city - No wonder, when they heard such glorious truths, and were the subjects of su...
And there was great joy in that city. And there was great joy in that city joy over the change worked by the Gospel in it and over the varied...
Philip in Samaria. Simon Magus The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke s...
There was great joy in that city. — This and the whole narrative may well have been learnt by St. Luke from the lips of Philip himself, when St. Pa...
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 m...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throug...
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 s...
THE CHRISTIAN CITY ‘And there was great joy in that city.’ Acts 8:8 The city was Samaria, and the great joy was the fruit of the first preachi...
And there was great joy in that city. Both on a spiritual account, for the good of their souls, through the preaching of Christ and his Gospel to t...
And there was great joy in that city. Ver. 8. And there was great joy ] So there was at Berne; for when the reformation was first received they p...
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 t...
The Spreading of the Gospel; Philip's Success. 4 Therefore they that were scatter...
Great joy; not only for the cures wroght upon their bodies, but much more for the word of reconciliation and salvation preached unto their souls:...
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 c...
‘And there was much joy in that city.' Joy was one of the fruits of the new message ( Acts 2:28 ; Acts 13:52 ; Acts 15:3 ; Acts 20:24 compare G...
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 th...
Acts 8:8 A Christian City. It is manifestly true that an aggregate of individuals may possess, in its own peculiar way, the spiritual character w...
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 consen...
Acts 8:4-6 . Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preac...
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 in...
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...
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...
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 . S...
The missionary work of the disciples and of Philip:
And there was great joy in that city. While the apostles remained in Jerusalem with the small remnant of the former large congregation, escaping p...
Acts 13:48 ; Acts 13:52 ; Isaiah 35:1 ; Isaiah 35:2 ; Isaiah 42:10-12 ; Luke 2:10 ; Luke 2:11 ; Psalms 96:10-12 ; Psalms 98:2-6 ; Romans 15...
The Great Persecution Acts 8:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We approach today the scenes that immediately followed Stephen's death. Satan, encouraged...
8 And there was great joy in that city.