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Acts 8 — Sermon Preparation
Persecution scatters the church; Philip evangelizes Samaria and leads the Ethiopian eunuch to faith on the road to Gaza. Below is a research summary for Acts 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 40
- verses
- 694 / 229
- Greek words / lemmas
- 26
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Acts 8 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Φίλιππος | Phílippos | G5376 | 13 | Philip |
| εὐνοῦχος | eunoûchos | G2135 | 5 | eunuch |
| μέγας | mégas | G3173 | 7 | exceedingly, great, high, large |
| πνεῦμα | pneûma | G4151 | 7 | ghost, life, spirit, mind |
| εὐαγγελίζω | euangelízō | G2097 | 5 | declare, bring glad tidings, preach |
| βαπτίζω | baptízō | G907 | 5 | Baptist, baptize, wash |
| Ἱεροσόλυμα | Hierosólyma | G2414 | 5 | Jerusalem |
How preachers through history handled this text
26 public-domain excerpts on Acts 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places. We should study to do good to those we come into company with by travelling. We should not be so shy of all strangers as some affect to be. As to those of whom we know nothing else, we know this, that they have souls. It is wisdom for men of business to redeem time for holy duties; to fill up every minute with something which will turn to a good account. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Acts 8:26–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Acts 8:1
- Judea 1— Acts 8:1
- Samaria 2— Acts 8:1
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