Acts 8:1-35

¹Saul had pleasure in his deeth. And at that tyme there was a great persecucion agaynst the congregacion which was at Ierusalem and they were all scattered abroade thorowout the regions of Iury and Samaria except the Apostles.

²Then devout men dressed Steven and made great lamentacion over him.

³But Saul made havocke of the congregacion entrynge into every housse and drewe out bothe man and woman and thrust the into preson.

⁴They that were scattered abroade went every where preachyng the worde.

⁵Then came Philip into a cite of Samaria and preached Christ vnto them.

⁶And the people gave hede vnto those thinges which Philip spake with one acorde in that they hearde and sawe the miracles which he dyd.

⁷For vnclene spretes cryinge with loude voyce came out of many that were possessed of them. And manye taken with palsies and many that halted were healed

⁸And ther was great ioye in that cite.

⁹And ther was a certayne man called Simon which before tyme in the same cite vsed witche crafte and bewitched the people of Samarie sayinge that he was a man that coulde do greate thinges

¹⁰Whom they regarded from the lest to the greatest sayinge: this felow is the great power of God.

¹¹And him they set moche by because of longe tyme with sorcery he had mocked them.

¹²But assone as they beleved Philippes preachynge of the kyngdome of God and of the name of Iesu Christ they were baptised bothe men and wemen.

¹³Then Simon him selfe beleved also and was baptised and cotinued with Phillip and wondered beholdynge the miracles and signes which were shewed.

¹⁴When the Apostles which were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria had receaved the worde of God: they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn

¹⁵which when they were come prayed for the that they myght receave the holy goost

¹⁶For as yet he was come on none of them: But they were baptised only in the name of Christ Iesu.

¹⁷Then layde they their hondes on them and they receaved the holy goost.

¹⁸When Simon sawe that thorowe layinge on of the Apostles hondes on them the holy goost was geven: he offered the money sayinge:

¹⁹Geve me also this power that on whom soever I put the hondes he maye receave the holy goost.

²⁰Then sayde Peter vnto him: thy monye perysh with the because thou wenest that the gifte of God maye be obteyned with money.

²¹Thou hast nether parte nor felloushippe in this busines. For thy hert is not ryght in the syght of God.

²²Repent therfore of this thy wickednes and praye God that the thought of thyne hert maye be forgeven the.

²³For I perceave that thou arte full of bitter gall and wrapped in iniquite.

²⁴Then answered Simon and sayde: Praye ye to the lorde for me that none of these thinges whiche ye have spoken fall on me.

²⁵And they when they had testified and preached the worde of the lorde returned toward Ierusalem and preached the gospell in many cities of the Samaritas.

²⁶Then the angell of the lorde spake vnto Phillip sayinge: aryse and goo towardes mydde daye vnto the waye with goeth doune from Ierusalem vnto Gaza which is in the desert.

²⁷And he arose and wet on. And beholde a man of Ethiopia which was a chaberlayne and of grete auctorite with Candace quene of the Ethiopias and had the rule of all her treasure came to Ierusalem for to praye.

²⁸And as he returned home agayne sittynge in his charet he rede Esay the prophet.

²⁹Then the sprete sayde vnto Phillip: Goo neare and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet.

³⁰And Philip ranne to him and hearde him rede the prophet Esayas and sayde: Vnderstondest thou what thou redest?

³¹And he sayd: how can I except I had a gyde? And he desyred Philip that he wold come vp and sit with him.

³²The tenoure of the scripture which he redde was this. He was ledde as a shepe to be slayne: and lyke a lambe dome before his sherer so opened he not his mouth.

³³Because of his humblenes he was not estemed: who shall declare his generacion? for his lyfe is taken from the erthe.

³⁴The chamberlayne answered Philip and sayde: I praye the of whom speaketh the Prophet this? of him selfe or of some other man?

³⁵And Philip opened his mouth and beganne at the same scripture and preached vnto him Iesus.