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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.

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.

26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto 'Gaza, which is desert.

27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

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servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. PRO. v. 22: His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. ISA. xxviii. 22: Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong.

h Gen. xx. 7, 17: Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. Exod. viii. 8: Intreat the Lord that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people. Num. xxi. 7: Pray unto the Lord that he take away the serpents from us. 1 KINGS, xiii. 6: Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. Job, xlii. 8: My servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept. JAMES, V. 16: Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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JOSHUA, XV. 47: Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof.

*ZEP. iii. 10: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

12 CHR. vi. 32, 33: Moreover concerning the stranger, which

28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot TMread Esaias the prophet.

29 "Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.11

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30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

31 And he said, "How can I, except some man should guide me ?12 And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

32 The place 13 of the Scripture which he read was this, He was 'led as a sheep to the slaugh

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is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel. JOHN, xii. 20: There were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast.

m DEUT. vi. 6, 7: These words, which I command thee this Lay, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diliently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou ittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and hen thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Isa. lxv. 24: And it shall come to pass, that before they all, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. • MAT. xiii. 23, 51: But he that received seed into the good ound is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it. sus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? ney say unto him, Yea, Lord. EPH. v. 17: Wherefore be ye t unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Ком. х. 14: How then shall they call on him in whom ey have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of om they have not heard? and how shall they hear without reacher?

Ps. xxv. 9: The meek will he guide in judgment: and the ek will he teach his way.

Isa. liii. 7, 8: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter ; as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment:

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ter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth :

33 In his humiliation his judgment14 was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? 15 for his life is taken from the earth.

34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

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35. Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

37 And Philip said, "If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

14 the just judgment of him. Newcome. 15 and who can describe the wickedness of his generation, or race? see chap. xiii. 36.

and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

* LUKE, xxiv. 27: And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself Acts, xviii. 28: For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

* Acts, x. 47: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

u MAT. xxviii. 19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. MARK, Xvi. 16: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Acts, viii. 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.

JOHN, іх. 35, 38: Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? And he said, Lord, I believe. And

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38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still:16 and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

39 And when they were 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.

40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.

CHAP. IX.

1 Saul, going towards Damascus, 4 is stricken down to the earth, 10 is called to the apostleship, 18 and is baptized by Ananias: 20 he preacheth Christ boldly: 23 the Jews lay wait to kill him: 29 so do the Grecians, but he escapeth both : 31 the Church having rest, Peter healeth Eneas of the palsy, 36 and restoreth Tabitha to life.

A. D. 35. AND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the High Priest,

2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way,1 whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

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16 to hold still the chariot. Co. 1 the way: so chap. xix. 9, 23. A. V. he worshipped him. 1 JOHN, v. 13: These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. See on MAT. xvi. 16.

MAT, iii. 16: Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water. * See on MAT. iv. 1.

y Ps. cxix. 14, 111: I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

a See on Acts, viii. 3.

CHAP. IX.

b Acts, xxii. 6: It came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. do. xxvi. 12: Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority

mascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven :

4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.2

6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, "what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no

man.

8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Da

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and commission from the Chief Priests. 1 COR.xv. 8: Last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

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ISA. lxiii. 9: In their affliction he was afflicted. MAT. xxv. 40, &c: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me, &c. 1COR. xii. 12: As the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

d See on Acts, v. 39.

• See on Acts, ii. 37.

DAN.X.7: I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Acts, xxii. 9: They that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. do. xxvi. 13: At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me, and them which journeyed with me.

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