\subsection{Acts 8}
\VS{1} Now Saul was approving to his execution. So in that day [a] great persecution 
came to pass upon the assembly\fnEkklhsia{} in Jerusalem; now all scattered through the 
regions of Judea and Samaria except the apostles. 
\VS{2} So devout men 
buried Stephen and did great lamentation upon him. 
\VS{3} But Saul was 
damaging the assembly\fnEkklhsia{}, proceeding [house] by house, and dragging both men and women he was delivering them up to prison.

\VS{4} Now indeed therefore, having scattered, they went [about] good-newsing the 
word. 
\VS{5} Now Phillip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was 
proclaiming to them the Christ. 
\VS{6} Now the crowd heeded the [thing] said by 
Phillip with one purpose when they heard and saw the signs which he did. 
\VS{7} For many of those having unclean spirits, crying out with [a] great 
voice, they were coming out, and many disabled and lame were healed. 
\VS{8} So great joy came [about] in that city. 
\VS{9} Now there was living in the city a 
certain man, Simon by name, practicing-magic\footnote{\MAGOS} and amazing the nation of 
Samaria, some saying him to be great, 
\VS{10} whom all heeded from small to 
great saying: This is the power of God [who is] called great. 
\VS{11} So they heeded 
him because of their being amazed by his magic for some time. 
\VS{12} Now 
when they believed by Phillip good-newsing concerning the kingdom of God and 
[concerning] the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were being baptized. 
\VS{13} 
Now Simon himself also believed, and having been baptized, was attaching 
[himself] to Phillip, and beholding the signs and great powers coming to pass he was 
amazed. 
\VS{14} Now the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria 
received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 
\VS{15} who 
having come down, they prayed concerning them in order that they receive 
[the] Holy Spirit. 
\VS{16} For [the spirit] was not yet fallen upon \negd{any} of them, 
but they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 
\VS{17} Then they were 
placing their hands upon them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit. 
\VS{18} Now Simon having seen that through the placing on of the hands of 
the apostles is the spirit given, he brought to them money, 
\VS{19} saying: 
Give to me also this authority in order that to whom I place on my hands he 
be receiving [the] Holy Spirit. 
\VS{20} But Peter said to him: Your silver might 
be with you to destruction, because [of your] having thought the gift of God to be 
acquired through money. 
\VS{21} There is not part nor portion to you in this 
word, for your heart is not upright\footnote{or ``straight''} in the eyes of 
God. 
\VS{22} Repent therefore from this your evil, and request of the 
Lord if perhaps the thought [of your] heart will be forgiven. 
\VS{23} For I see you 
being to [the] gall of bitterness and [the] bond of injustice. 
\VS{24} But Simon 
answering said: You request in my behalf to the Lord, in order that nothing 
come to pass upon me of which you spoke. 
\VS{25} Indeed therefore witnessing 
and speaking the word of God they were returning to Jerusalem, and many 
towns of the Samaritans were good-newsed.

\VS{26} Now [an] angel of [the] Lord spoke to Phillip saying: Arise and be going 
south upon the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. [now] this is wilderness. 
\VS{27} And 
having arisen he went. And behold an Ethiopian eunuch of the sovereign 
Candaces queen of Ethiopia, who was over all her treasury, whom she sent 
worshipping to Jerusalem. 
\VS{28} Now he was returning, sitting on his 
chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. 
\VS{29} Now the spirit said to 
Phillip: Go and associate with this chariot. 
\VS{30} Now having run up, 
Phillip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said: Do you understand 
what you read? 
\VS{31} And he said: But how might I be able unless someone 
guide me? And he called upon Phillip, having come up, to sit with him. 
\VS{32} Now the portion of the scripture which he was reading was this\footnote{Isa.53:7}:

\begin{verse}
He was brought as [a] sheep to [the] slaughter, \\
And mute as [a] lamb before the shearers, \\
Thus does he not open his mouth. \\
\VS{33} His judgment was raised in humility. \\
Who will describe his generation? \\
Because his zoe-life\fnZoe{} is taken from the land.
\end{verse}

\VS{34} So, answering the eunuch said to Phillip: I ask you concerning whom 
does the prophet say this? Concerning himself or concerning another? 
\VS{35} 
So Phillip, having opened his mouth and beginning from this scripture, 
good-newsed to him Jesus. 
\VS{36} Now as they were going down the road, they 
came upon some water, and the eunuch says: Behold water --- what hinders me 
to be baptized? [
\VS{37} Phillip said to him: If you believe from your whole 
heart, it is possible. And he answered: I believe the son of God to be Jesus 
Christ.]\footnote{include vs. 37: few; omit vs. 37: \papyrus{45,74}\sinaiticus{}B \koine{} \vulgate{} } 
\VS{38} And he called the chariot to stand, and both went down to the 
water, both Phillip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 
\VS{39} Now when 
they came up out of the water, [the] spirit of the Lord snatched Phillip and the 
eunuch saw him \negd{no longer}, for he went his way rejoicing. 
\VS{40} But Phillip was found in Azotos, and going through he was 
good-newsing all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
