Textus Receptus Bibles
Noah Webster's Bible 1833
| 8:1 | And Saul was consenting to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. |
| 8:2 | And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. |
| 8:3 | As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and hauling men and women committed them to prison. |
| 8:4 | Therefore they that were dispersed went every where preaching the word. |
| 8:5 | Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ to them. |
| 8:6 | And the people with one accord gave heed to those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles which he performed. |
| 8:7 | For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. |
| 8:8 | And there was great joy in that city. |
| 8:9 | But there was a certain man called Simon, who before in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: |
| 8:10 | To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. |
| 8:11 | And to him they had regard, because that for a long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. |
| 8:12 | But when they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women. |
| 8:13 | Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. |
| 8:14 | Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John: |
| 8:15 | Who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit: |
| 8:16 | (For as yet he had fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) |
| 8:17 | Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. |
| 8:18 | And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, |
| 8:19 | Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. |
| 8:20 | But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. |
| 8:21 | Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. |
| 8:22 | Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. |
| 8:23 | For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. |
| 8:24 | Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. |
| 8:25 | 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. |
| 8:26 | And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert. |
| 8:27 | And he arose, and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, |
| 8:28 | Was returning; and sitting in his chariot, read Isaiah the prophet. |
| 8:29 | Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join thyself to this chariot. |
| 8:30 | And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? |
| 8:31 | 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. |
| 8:32 | 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 he opened not his mouth: |
| 8:33 | In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. |
| 8:34 | And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? |
| 8:35 | Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached to him Jesus. |
| 8:36 | And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? |
| 8:37 | And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. |
| 8:38 | And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. |
| 8:39 | And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. |
| 8:40 | But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through, he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea. |
Noah Webster's Bible 1833
While Noah Webster, just a few years after producing his famous Dictionary of the English Language, produced his own modern translation of the English Bible in 1833; the public remained too loyal to the King James Version for Webster’s version to have much impact.