By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church was planted in Samaria by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and baptized many, and among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people. Peter and John, came to confirm and enlarge the church, where, by prayer and imposition of hands, they gave the Holy Ghost. Simon would have bought the like power of them; but, Peter having reproved his hypocrisy and covetousness, and exhorted him to repentance, and having preached the word of the Lord, together with John, returned to Jerusalem. But the angel sendeth Philip to teach and baptize the Ethiopian eunuch.
Anno Domini 34.