Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Acts Chapter 8
Overview
Act 8:1, By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and baptized many; Act 8:9, among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people; Act 8:14, Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the church; where, by prayer and imposition of hands giving the Holy Ghost; Act 8:18, when Simon would have bought the like power of them, Peter sharply reproving his hypocrisy and covetousness, and exhorting him to repentance, together with John preaching the word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem; Act 8:26, but the angel sends Philip to teach and baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch.
And Saul: This clause evidently belongs to the conclusion of the previous chapter; there is scarcely a worse division of chapters than this. Act 7:58, Act 22:20
there: Act 5:33, Act 5:40, Act 7:54; Mat 10:25-28, Mat 22:6, Mat 23:34; Luk 11:49, Luk 11:50; Joh 15:20, Joh 16:2
the church: Act 2:47, Act 7:38, Act 11:22, Act 13:1
and they: Act 8:4, Act 11:19-21; Mat 5:13; Phi 1:12
Samaria: Act 8:14, Act 1:8; Joh 4:39-42
except: Act 5:18, Act 5:20,Act 5:33, Act 5:40; Exo 10:28, Exo 10:29; Neh 6:3; Dan 3:16-18, Dan 6:10,Dan 6:23; Heb 11:27
devout: Act 2:5, Act 10:2; Luk 2:25
made: Gen 23:2, Gen 50:10,Gen 50:11; Num 20:29; Deu 34:8; Sa1 28:3; Sa2 3:31; Ch2 32:33; Ch2 35:25; Isa 57:1, Isa 57:2; Jer 22:10,Jer 22:18; Joh 11:31-35
Act 7:58, Act 9:1-13, Act 9:21, Act 22:3, Act 22:4, Act 26:9-11; Co1 15:9; Gal 1:13; Phi 3:6; Ti1 1:13
Act 11:19, Act 14:2-7; Mat 10:23; Th1 2:2
Philip: Act 8:1, Act 8:14, Act 8:15, Act 8:40, Act 6:5, Act 21:8
the city: Rather, "to a city of Samaria," εις [Strong's G1519], πολις της Σαμαρειας, for the city of Samaria had been utterly destroyed by Hyrcanus, and the city built by Herod on its site was called Σεβαστη, that is, Augusta, in honour of Augustus. Samaria comprised the tract of country formerly occupied by the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, west of Jordan, lying between Judea and Galilee, beginning, says Josephus, at Ginea in the great plain, and ending at the toparchy of Acrabateni. Act 1:8; Mat 10:5, Mat 10:6
preached: Act 8:35-37, Act 5:42, Act 9:20, Act 17:2, Act 17:3; Joh 4:25, Joh 4:26; Co1 1:23, Co1 2:2, Co1 3:11
with one: Act 13:44; Ch2 30:12; Mat 20:15, Mat 20:16; Joh 4:41, Joh 4:42
unclean: Act 5:16; Mat 10:1; Mar 9:26, Mar 16:17, Mar 16:18; Luk 10:17; Joh 14:12; Heb 2:4
palsies: Act 9:33, Act 9:34; Mar 2:3-11
lame: Act 3:6, Act 3:7, Act 14:8-10; Isa 35:6; Mat 11:5, Mat 15:30,Mat 15:31
Act 13:48, Act 13:52; Psa 96:10-12, Psa 98:2-6; Isa 35:1, Isa 35:2, Isa 42:10-12; Luk 2:10,Luk 2:11; Rom 15:9-12
used: Act 13:6, Act 16:16-18, Act 19:18-20; Exo 7:11, Exo 7:22, Exo 8:18, Exo 8:19, Exo 9:11; Lev 20:6; Deu 18:10-12; Ti2 3:8, Ti2 3:9; Rev 13:13, Rev 13:14, Rev 22:15
giving: Act 5:36; Joh 7:18; Th2 2:4; Ti2 3:2, Ti2 3:5; Pe2 2:18
they: Co2 11:19; Eph 4:14; Pe2 2:2; Rev 13:3
from: Jer 6:13, Jer 8:10, Jer 31:34; Jon 3:5
the great power: Co1 1:24
he had: Isa 8:19, Isa 44:25, Isa 47:9-13; Gal 3:1
they believed: Act 8:35-38, Act 2:38, Act 2:41, Act 16:14, Act 16:15, Act 16:31-34; Mat 28:19; Mar 16:15; Rom 10:10; Pe1 3:21
concerning: Act 1:3, Act 11:20, Act 20:21, Act 20:25, Act 28:31; Luk 9:2, Luk 9:60
both: Act 5:14; Co1 11:11; Gal 3:28
Simon: This Simon was probably, as several learned men suppose, the same who is mentioned by Josephus, as persuading Drusilla to leave her husband, and live with Felix.
believed: Act 8:21; Psa 78:35-37, Psa 106:12, Psa 106:13; Luk 8:13; Joh 2:23-25, Joh 8:30,Joh 8:31; Jam 2:19-26
and wondered: Act 3:10, Act 13:44; Hab 1:5; Joh 5:20, Joh 7:21
miracles and signs: Gr. signs and great miracles, Act 8:7; Mar 16:17
when: Act 8:1, Act 11:1, Act 11:19-22, Act 15:4; Th1 3:2
received: Act 2:41, Act 17:11; Mat 13:23; Joh 12:48; Th1 2:13; Th2 2:10
prayed: Act 2:38; Mat 18:19; Joh 14:13, Joh 14:14, Joh 16:23, Joh 16:24; Phi 1:19
he was: Act 10:44-46, Act 11:15-17, Act 19:2
only: Act 2:38, Act 10:47, Act 10:48, Act 19:5, Act 19:6; Mat 28:19; Co1 1:13-15
laid: Act 8:18, Act 6:6, Act 9:17, Act 13:3, Act 19:6; Num 8:10, Num 27:18; Ti1 4:14, Ti1 5:22; Ti2 1:6; Heb 6:2
they received: Rom 1:11; Gal 3:2-5
he offered: Kg2 5:15, Kg2 5:16, Kg2 8:9; Eze 13:19; Mat 10:8; Ti1 6:5
Act 8:9-11, Act 8:17; Mat 18:1-3; Luk 14:7-11; Joh 5:44; Co1 15:8, Co1 15:9; Jo3 1:9
Thy: Act 1:18; Deu 7:26; Jos 7:24, Jos 7:25; Kg2 5:26, Kg2 5:27; Dan 5:17; Hab 2:9, Hab 2:10; Zac 5:4; Mat 27:3-5; Ti1 6:9; Jam 5:3; Pe2 2:14-17; Rev 18:15
thou: Act 8:22; Deu 15:9; Kg2 5:15, Kg2 5:16; Pro 15:26; Mat 15:19
the gift: Act 2:38, Act 10:45, Act 11:17; Mat 10:8
hast: Jos 22:25; Eze 14:3; Rev 20:6, Rev 22:19
for: Ch2 25:2; Psa 36:1, Psa 78:36, Psa 78:37; Hab 2:4; Mat 6:22-24; Joh 21:17; Heb 4:13; Rev 2:23
Repent: Act 2:38, Act 3:19, Act 17:30; Rom 2:4; Ti2 2:25, Ti2 2:26; Rev 2:21
pray: Act 9:11; Deu 4:29, Deu 4:30; Kg1 8:47, Kg1 8:48; Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:13; Isa 55:6, Isa 55:7; Amo 5:6; Mat 7:7, Mat 7:8; Luk 11:9-13; Rev 3:17, Rev 3:18
if: Dan 4:27; Joe 2:13, Joe 2:14; Amo 5:15; Jon 1:6, Jon 3:9; Ti2 2:25
the thought: Act 8:20; Heb 4:12
the gall: Deu 29:18-20, Deu 32:32, Deu 32:33; Job 20:14; Jer 4:18, Jer 9:15; Lam 3:5, Lam 3:19; Heb 12:15
the bond: Psa 116:16; Pro 5:22; Isa 28:22; Joh 8:34; Rom 6:17-22; Tit 3:3; Pe2 2:4, Pe2 2:19
Pray: Gen 20:7, Gen 20:17; Exo 8:8, Exo 10:17, Exo 12:32; Num 21:7; Sa1 12:19, Sa1 12:23; Kg1 13:6; Ezr 6:10, Ezr 8:23; Job 42:8; Jam 5:16
when they had: Act 1:8, Act 18:5, Act 20:21, Act 26:22, Act 26:23, Act 28:23, Act 28:28, Act 28:31; Joh 15:27; Pe1 5:12
villages: Luk 9:52-56
The angel: Act 5:19, Act 10:7, Act 10:22, Act 12:8-11, Act 12:23, Act 27:23; Kg2 1:3; Heb 1:14
Arise: Ch1 22:16; Isa. 60:1-22
Gaza: Jos 13:3, Jos 15:47; Zac 9:5
desert: It is probable, that we should refer ερημος [Strong's G2048], desert, not to Gaza, but to οδος [Strong's G3598], the way; though Gaza was situated at the entrance of the desert, and the ancient city was in ruins, being destroyed by Alexander. Mat 3:1-3; Luk 3:2-4
he arose: Mat 21:2-6; Mar 14:13-16; Joh 2:5-8; Heb 11:8
a man: Psa 68:31, Psa 87:4; Isa 43:6, Isa 45:14, Isa 60:3, Isa 60:6, Isa 66:19; Jer 13:23, Jer 38:7, Jer 39:16; Zep 3:10
and had: Kg1 8:41-43; Ch2 6:32, Ch2 6:33; Psa 68:29; Isa 56:3-8; Joh 12:20
and sitting: Act 17:11, Act 17:12; Deu 6:6, Deu 6:7, Deu 11:18-20, Deu 17:18, Deu 17:19; Jos 1:8; Psa 1:2, Psa 1:3; Psa 119:99, Psa 119:111; Pro 2:1-6, Pro 8:33, Pro 8:34; Joh 5:39, Joh 5:40; Col 3:16; Ti2 3:15-17
Esaias: Act 28:25; Isa 1:1, Isaiah, Luk 3:4, Luk 4:17
Act 10:19, Act 11:12, Act 13:2-4, Act 16:6, Act 16:7, Act 20:22, Act 20:23; Isa 65:24; Hos 6:3; Co1 12:11; Ti1 4:1
ran thither: Act 8:27; Psa 119:32; Ecc 9:10; Joh 4:34
Understandest: Mat 13:19, Mat 13:23, Mat 13:51, Mat 15:10, Mat 24:15; Mar 13:14; Luk 24:44-45; Joh 5:39; Co1 14:19; Eph 5:17; Rev 13:18
How: Psa 25:8, Psa 25:9, Psa 73:16, Psa 73:17, Psa 73:22; Pro 30:2, Pro 30:3; Isa 29:18, Isa 29:19, Isa 35:8; Mat 18:3, Mat 18:4; Mar 10:15; Rom 10:14; Co1 3:18, Co1 8:2, Co1 14:36, Co1 14:37; Jam 1:10,Jam 1:21; Pe1 2:1, Pe1 2:2
And he: Kg2 5:9, Kg2 5:26, Kg2 10:15, Kg2 10:16
as a: Psa 44:11, Psa 44:12; Jer 11:19, Jer 12:3, Jer 51:40; Rom 8:36
and like: Joh 1:29; Pe1 1:19, Pe1 2:21-24
opened: Psa 39:2, Psa 39:9; Mat 26:62, Mat 26:63; Luk 23:34; Joh 18:9-11
his humiliation: Phi 2:8, Phi 2:9
judgment: Job 27:2, Job 34:5; Isa 5:23, Isa 10:2; Hab 1:4; Mat 27:12-26; Joh 19:12-16
and who: Psa 22:30; Isa 53:8, Isa 53:12
for: Psa 22:15; Isa 53:10,Isa 53:12; Dan 9:26; Zac 13:7
of whom: Mat 2:2-4, Mat 13:36, Mat 15:15
opened: Act 10:34; Mat 5:2; Co2 6:11
began: Act 18:28, Act 26:22, Act 26:23, Act 28:23; Luk 24:27, Luk 24:44-47
preached: Act 3:20, Act 9:20, Act 11:20, Act 17:3, Act 17:18, Act 19:13; Co1 1:23, Co1 2:2; Eph 4:21; Pe1 1:11, Pe1 1:12
See: Act 10:47; Eze 36:25; Joh 3:5, Joh 3:23; Tit 3:5, Tit 3:6; Jo1 5:6
If: Act 8:12, Act 8:13, Act 8:21, Act 2:38, Act 2:39; Mat 28:19; Mar 16:16; Rom 10:10
he answered: Pe1 3:21
I believe: Act 9:20; Mat 16:16; Joh 6:68, Joh 6:69, Joh 9:35-38, Joh 11:27, Joh 20:31; Co1 12:3; Jo1 4:15, Jo1 5:1, Jo1 5:5, Jo1 5:10-13
and he baptized: Joh 3:22, Joh 3:23, Joh 4:1
the Spirit: Kg1 18:12; Kg2 2:16; Eze 3:12-14, Eze 8:3, Eze 11:24; Co2 12:2-4
and he: Act 8:8, Act 13:52, Act 16:34; Psa 119:14, Psa 119:111; Isa 35:1, Isa 35:2, Isa 55:12, Isa 55:13, Isa 61:10, Isa 66:13, Isa 66:14; Mat 13:44; Rom 5:2, Rom 15:10-13; Phi 3:3, Phi 4:4; Jam 1:9, Jam 1:10, Jam 4:16
at: Jos 15:46, Jos 15:47; Sa1 5:1; Zac 9:6, Ashdod
he preached: Luk 10:1, Luk 10:2; Rom 15:19
Caesarea: Act 10:1, Act 21:8, Act 23:23, Act 23:33, Act 25:4