1. Acts 8:1–40 (ESV)
  2. Structure and outline

The place of Acts 8 in the book of Acts

Acts 8:1–40 (ESV)

1 And Saul approved of his execution.And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

The gospel of the kingdom crosses the border into neighbouring Samaria, as was announced in the last instructions of Jesus to be witnesses: you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth (Acts 1:8). This command is like directions for the work of mission, as Luke follows it in the structure of his book, which ends in Rome. A couple of months after the Feast of Pentecost (Acts 2:1–47), evangelist Philip goes to Samaria. In Acts 8:1–40 we follow Philip on his missionary journey to Samaria (Acts 8:1–25), and to a eunuch from Ethiopia (Acts 8:26–40) - the ends of the earth.