Acts

扫罗逼迫教会

1从这日起，耶路撒冷的教会大遭逼迫，除了使徒以外，门徒都分散在犹太和撒马利亚各处。

2有虔诚的人把司提反埋葬了，为他捶胸大哭。

3扫罗却残害教会，进各人的家，拉着男女下在监里。

福音传到撒马利亚

4那些分散的人往各处去传道。

5腓利下撒马利亚城去，宣讲基督。

6众人听见了，又看见腓利所行的神迹，就同心合意地听从他的话。

7因为有许多人被污鬼附着，那些鬼大声呼叫，从他们身上出来；还有许多瘫痪的、瘸腿的，都得了医治。

8在那城里，就大有欢喜。

9有一个人，名叫西门，向来在那城里行邪术，妄自尊大，使撒马利亚的百姓惊奇；

10无论大小都听从他，说：「这人就是那称为 神的大能者。」

11他们听从他，因他久用邪术，使他们惊奇。

12及至他们信了腓利所传 神国的福音和耶稣基督的名，连男带女就受了洗。

13西门自己也信了；既受了洗，就常与腓利在一处，看见他所行的神迹和大异能，就甚惊奇。

14使徒在耶路撒冷听见撒马利亚人领受了 神的道，就打发彼得、约翰往他们那里去。

15两个人到了，就为他们祷告，要叫他们受圣灵。

16因为圣灵还没有降在他们一个人身上，他们只奉主耶稣的名受了洗。

17于是使徒按手在他们头上，他们就受了圣灵。

18西门看见使徒按手，便有圣灵赐下，就拿钱给使徒，

19说：「把这权柄也给我，叫我手按着谁，谁就可以受圣灵。」

20彼得说：「你的银子和你一同灭亡吧！因你想 神的恩赐是可以用钱买的。

21你在这道上无分无关；因为在 神面前，你的心不正。

22你当懊悔你这罪恶，祈求主，或者你心里的意念可得赦免。

23我看出你正在苦胆之中，被罪恶捆绑。」

24西门说：「愿你们为我求主，叫你们所说的，没有一样临到我身上。」

25使徒既证明主道，而且传讲，就回耶路撒冷去，一路在撒马利亚好些村庄传扬福音。

腓利和衣索匹亚的太监

26有主的一个使者对腓利说：「起来！向南走，往那从耶路撒冷下迦萨的路上去。」那路是旷野。

27腓利就起身去了，不料，有一个衣索匹亚人，是个有大权的太监，在衣索匹亚女王甘大基的手下总管银库，他上耶路撒冷礼拜去了。

28现在回来，在车上坐着，念先知以赛亚的书。

29圣灵对腓利说：「你去！贴近那车走。」

30腓利就跑到太监那里，听见他念先知以赛亚的书，便问他说：「你所念的，你明白吗？」

31他说：「没有人指教我，怎能明白呢？」于是请腓利上车，与他同坐。

32他所念的那段经，说：他像羊被牵到宰杀之地， 又像羊羔在剪毛的人手下无声； 他也是这样不开口。

33他卑微的时候， 人不按公义审判他； 谁能述说他的世代？ 因为他的生命从地上夺去。

34太监对腓利说：「请问，先知说这话是指着谁？是指着自己呢？是指着别人呢？」

35腓利就开口从这经上起，对他传讲耶稣。

36二人正往前走，到了有水的地方，太监说：「看哪，这里有水，我受洗有什么妨碍呢？」

38于是吩咐车站住，腓利和太监二人同下水里去，腓利就给他施洗。

39从水里上来，主的灵把腓利提了去，太监也不再见他了，就欢欢喜喜地走路。

40后来有人在亚锁都遇见腓利；他走遍那地方，在各城宣传福音，直到凯撒利亚。

Saul Persecutes the Church

1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Philip in Samaria

4Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

6The crowds all paid close attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.

7With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

8So there was great joy in that city.

Simon the Sorcerer

9Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

10and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

11They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.

12But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

15On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

16For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

17Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

18When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

19“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

20But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

21You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

22Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

23For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

24Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

25And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

Philip and the Ethiopian

26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

27So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace,queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

28and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.

29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

30So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

31“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

33In His humiliation He was deprived of justice.Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

34“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

35Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

38And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

40But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.