5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
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And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. …
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-13)Samson’s riddle is here again unriddled: Out of the eater comes forth meat, and out of the strong sweetness . The persecution that was designed to extirpate the church was by the overruling providence of God made an occasion of the enlargement of it. Christ had said, I am come to send fire on the earth ; and they thought, by scattering those who were kindled with that fire, to have put it out, but…
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