44:008:016 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of
them: only they were
baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
44:008:017 Then laid they their hands on them, and
they received the Holy
Ghost.
44:008:018 And when Simon saw that through laying
on of the apostles’
hands
the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
44:008:019 Saying, Give me also this power, that on
whomsoever I lay
hands,
he may receive the Holy Ghost.
44:008:020 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish
with thee, because
thou
hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased
with
money.
44:008:021 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this
matter: for thy heart
is
not right in the sight of God.
44:008:022 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness,
and pray God, if
perhaps
the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
44:008:023 For I perceive that thou art in the gall
of bitterness, and in
the
bond of iniquity.
44:008:024 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye
to the lord for me,
that
none of these things which ye have spoken come upon
me.
44:008:025 And they, when they had testified and preached
the word of the
Lord,
returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many
villages
of the Samaritans.
44:008:026 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip,
saying, Arise,
and
go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from
Jerusalem
unto Gaza, which is desert.
44:008:027 And he arose and went: and, behold,
a man of Ethiopia, an
eunuch
of great authority under Candace queen of the
Ethiopians,
who had the charge of all her treasure, and had
come
to Jerusalem for to worship,
44:008:028 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot
read Esaias the
prophet.
44:008:029 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near,
and join thyself to
this
chariot.
44:008:030 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard
him read the prophet
Esaias,
and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
44:008:031 And he said, How can I, except some man
should guide me? And
he
desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
44:008:032 The place of the scripture which he read
was this, He was led
as
a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before
his
shearer,
so opened he not his mouth:
44:008:033 In his humiliation his judgment was taken
away: and who shall
declare
his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
44:008:034 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said,
I pray thee, of whom
speaketh
the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?


