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Acts 8 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)

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1 وَكَانَ شَاوُلُ رَاضِيًا بِقَتْلِهِ. وَحَدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱضْطِهَادٌ عَظِيمٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَتَشَتَّتَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ فِي كُوَرِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَٱلسَّامِرَةِ، مَا عَدَا ٱلرُّسُلَ. 2 وَحَمَلَ رِجَالٌ أَتْقِيَاءُ ٱسْتِفَانُوسَ وَعَمِلُوا عَلَيْهِ مَنَاحَةً عَظِيمَةً. 3 وَأَمَّا شَاوُلُ فَكَانَ يَسْطُو عَلَى ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ، وَهُوَ يَدْخُلُ ٱلْبُيُوتَ وَيَجُرُّ رِجَالًا وَنِسَاءً وَيُسَلِّمُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلسِّجْنِ. 4 فَٱلَّذِينَ تَشَتَّتُوا جَالُوا مُبَشِّرِينَ بِٱلْكَلِمَةِ. 5 فَٱنْحَدَرَ فِيلُبُّسُ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ وَكَانَ يَكْرِزُ لَهُمْ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ. 6 وَكَانَ ٱلْجُمُوعُ يُصْغُونَ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ إِلَى مَا يَقُولُهُ فِيلُبُّسُ عِنْدَ ٱسْتِمَاعِهِمْ وَنَظَرِهِمُ ٱلْآيَاتِ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَهَا، 7 لِأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ بِهِمْ أَرْوَاحٌ نَجِسَةٌ كَانَتْ تَخْرُجُ صَارِخَةً بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ. وَكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمَفْلُوجِينَ وَٱلْعُرْجِ شُفُوا. 8 فَكَانَ فَرَحٌ عَظِيمٌ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. 9 وَكَانَ قَبْلًا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ ٱسْمُهُ سِيمُونُ، يَسْتَعْمِلُ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَيُدْهِشُ شَعْبَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، قَائِلًا إِنَّهُ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ! 10 وَكَانَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ يَتْبَعُونَهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ قَائِلِينَ: «هَذَا هُوَ قُوَّةُ ٱللهِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ». 11 وَكَانُوا يَتْبَعُونَهُ لِكَوْنِهِمْ قَدِ ٱنْدَهَشُوا زَمَانًا طَوِيلًا بِسِحْرِهِ. 12 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا صَدَّقُوا فِيلُبُّسَ وَهُوَ يُبَشِّرُ بِٱلْأُمُورِ ٱلْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِمَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ وَبِٱسْمِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، ٱعْتَمَدُوا رِجَالًا وَنِسَاءً. 13 وَسِيمُونُ أَيْضًا نَفْسُهُ آمَنَ. وَلَمَّا ٱعْتَمَدَ كَانَ يُلَازِمُ فِيلُبُّسَ، وَإِذْ رَأَى آيَاتٍ وَقُوَّاتٍ عَظِيمَةً تُجْرَى ٱنْدَهَشَ. 14 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلرُّسُلُ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنَّ ٱلسَّامِرَةَ قَدْ قَبِلَتْ كَلِمَةَ ٱللهِ، أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِمْ بُطْرُسَ وَيُوحَنَّا، 15 ٱللَّذَيْنِ لَمَّا نَزَلَا صَلَّيَا لِأَجْلِهِمْ لِكَيْ يَقْبَلُوا ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ، 16 لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ حَلَّ بَعْدُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُعْتَمِدِينَ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. 17 حِينَئِذٍ وَضَعَا ٱلْأَيَادِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَبِلُوا ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ. 18 وَلَمَّا رَأَى سِيمُونُ أَنَّهُ بِوَضْعِ أَيْدِي ٱلرُّسُلِ يُعْطَى ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ قَدَّمَ لَهُمَا دَرَاهِمَ 19 قَائِلًا: «أَعْطِيَانِي أَنَا أَيْضًا هَذَا ٱلسُّلْطَانَ، حَتَّى أَيُّ مَنْ وَضَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَدَيَّ يَقْبَلُ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ». 20 فَقَالَ لَهُ بُطْرُسُ: «لِتَكُنْ فِضَّتُكَ مَعَكَ لِلْهَلَاكِ، لِأَنَّكَ ظَنَنْتَ أَنْ تَقْتَنِيَ مَوْهِبَةَ ٱللهِ بِدَرَاهِمَ! 21 لَيْسَ لَكَ نَصِيبٌ وَلَا قُرْعَةٌ فِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ، لِأَنَّ قَلْبَكَ لَيْسَ مُسْتَقِيمًا أَمَامَ ٱللهِ. 22 فَتُبْ مِنْ شَرِّكَ هَذَا، وَٱطْلُبْ إِلَى ٱللهِ عَسَى أَنْ يُغْفَرَ لَكَ فِكْرُ قَلْبِكَ، 23 لِأَنِّي أَرَاكَ فِي مَرَارَةِ ٱلْمُرِّ وَرِبَاطِ ٱلظُّلْمِ». 24 فَأَجَابَ سِيمُونُ وَقَالَ: «ٱطْلُبَا أَنْتُمَا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ أَجْلِي لِكَيْ لَا يَأْتِيَ عَلَيَّ شَيْءٌ مِمَّا ذَكَرْتُمَا». 25 ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمَا بَعْدَ مَا شَهِدَا وَتَكَلَّمَا بِكَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ، رَجَعَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبَشَّرَا قُرًى كَثِيرَةً لِلسَّامِرِيِّينَ. 26 ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَلَاكَ ٱلرَّبِّ كَلَّمَ فِيلُبُّسَ قَائِلًا: «قُمْ وَٱذْهَبْ نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلْمُنْحَدِرَةِ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى غَزَّةَ ٱلَّتِي هِيَ بَرِّيَّةٌ». 27 فَقَامَ وَذَهَبَ. وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ حَبَشِيٌّ خَصِيٌّ، وَزِيرٌ لِكَنْدَاكَةَ مَلِكَةِ ٱلْحَبَشَةِ، كَانَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَزَائِنِهَا. فَهَذَا كَانَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَسْجُدَ. 28 وَكَانَ رَاجِعًا وَجَالِسًا عَلَى مَرْكَبَتِهِ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ ٱلنَّبِيَّ إِشَعْيَاءَ. 29 فَقَالَ ٱلرُّوحُ لِفِيلُبُّسَ: «تَقَدَّمْ وَرَافِقْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَةَ». 30 فَبَادَرَ إِلَيْهِ فِيلُبُّسُ، وَسَمِعَهُ يَقْرَأُ ٱلنَّبِيَّ إِشَعْيَاءَ، فَقَالَ: «أَلَعَلَّكَ تَفْهَمُ مَا أَنْتَ تَقْرَأُ؟». 31 فَقَالَ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُنِي إِنْ لَمْ يُرْشِدْنِي أَحَدٌ؟». وَطَلَبَ إِلَى فِيلُبُّسَ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ وَيَجْلِسَ مَعَهُ. 32 وَأَمَّا فَصْلُ ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَقْرَأُهُ فَكَانَ هَذَا: «مِثْلَ شَاةٍ سِيقَ إِلَى ٱلذَّبْحِ، وَمِثْلَ خَرُوفٍ صَامِتٍ أَمَامَ ٱلَّذِي يَجُزُّهُ هَكَذَا لَمْ يَفْتَحْ فَاهُ. 33 فِي تَوَاضُعِهِ ٱنْتُزِعَ قَضَاؤُهُ، وَجِيلُهُ مَنْ يُخْبِرُ بِهِ؟ لِأَنَّ حَيَاتَهُ تُنْتَزَعُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ». 34 فَأَجَابَ ٱلْخَصِيُّ فِيلُبُّسَ وَقَالَ: «أَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكَ: عَنْ مَنْ يَقُولُ ٱلنَّبِيُّ هَذَا؟ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ أَمْ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ آخَرَ؟». 35 فَفَتَحَ فِيلُبُّسُ فَاهُ وٱبْتَدَأَ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلْكِتَابِ فَبَشِّرَهُ بِيَسُوعَ. 36◆ وَفِيمَا هُمَا سَائِرَانِ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ أَقْبَلَا عَلَى مَاءٍ، فَقَالَ ٱلْخَصِيُّ: «هُوَذَا مَاءٌ. مَاذَا يَمْنَعُ أَنْ أَعْتَمِدَ؟». 37◆ فَقَالَ فِيلُبُّسُ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ تُؤْمِنُ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ يَجُوزُ». فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا أُومِنُ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ هُوَ ٱبْنُ ٱللهِ». 38◆ فَأَمَرَ أَنْ تَقِفَ ٱلْمَرْكَبَةُ، فَنَزَلَا كِلَاهُمَا إِلَى ٱلْمَاءِ، فِيلُبُّسُ وَٱلْخَصِيُّ، فَعَمَّدَهُ. 39 وَلَمَّا صَعِدَا مِنَ ٱلْمَاءِ، خَطِفَ رُوحُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِيلُبُّسَ، فَلَمْ يُبْصِرْهُ ٱلْخَصِيُّ أَيْضًا، وَذَهَبَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ فَرِحًا. 40 وَأَمَّا فِيلُبُّسُ فَوُجِدَ فِي أَشْدُودَ. وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ مُجْتَازٌ، كَانَ يُبَشِّرُ جَمِيعَ ٱلْمُدُنِ حَتَّى جَاءَ إِلَى قَيْصَرِيَّةَ.

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  • Philip

    Deacon and evangelist

    One of the seven chosen at Jerusalem; he preached in Samaria, baptized the Ethiopian official, and later hosted Paul at Caesarea with his four prophesying daughters.

    Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5; Acts 8:5; Acts 8:38

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  • Simon

    Sorcerer of Samaria

    A sorcerer in Samaria who believed and was baptized, then tried to buy the power to give the Holy Spirit and was rebuked by Peter.

    Cited in the guide: Acts 8:9; Acts 8:13; Acts 8:18

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  • Stephen

    Deacon and first martyr

    One of the seven chosen to serve tables, full of faith and the Holy Spirit; he was stoned after his speech to the Sanhedrin and became the first martyr.

    Cited in the guide: Acts 6:5; Acts 7:59; Acts 8:2

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Cross references (39)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Daniel 3:16–18; Acts 22:20; Acts 5:40; Acts 1:8; Acts 7:58
  2. 2 Genesis 50:10–11; Jeremiah 22:18; Genesis 23:2; 2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Chronicles 32:33
  3. 3 1 Timothy 1:13; Philippians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:13; Acts 9:21
  4. 4 Matthew 10:23; Acts 11:19; Acts 8:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; Acts 15:35
  5. 5 Acts 6:5; Acts 21:8; Acts 8:40; Acts 8:35–36; Acts 5:42
  6. 6 John 4:41–42; Matthew 20:15–16; Acts 13:44; 2 Chronicles 30:12
  7. 7 Matthew 10:1; Acts 14:8–10; Mark 16:17–18; Acts 5:16; Hebrews 2:4
  8. 8 Acts 13:52; Psalm 96:10–12; Acts 13:48; Luke 2:10–11; Romans 15:9–12
  9. 9 Acts 13:6; John 7:18; Acts 5:36; Exodus 8:18–19; Acts 19:18–20
  10. 10 2 Peter 2:2; Revelation 13:3; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 8:10; Jonah 3:5
  11. 11 Acts 8:9; Galatians 3:1; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 47:9–13; Isaiah 44:25
  12. 12 Acts 2:38; Acts 1:3; Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:41; 1 Peter 3:21
  13. 13 Acts 19:11; Acts 8:6–7; John 5:20; John 8:30–31; Mark 16:17
  14. 14 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; Acts 8:1; Galatians 2:9; Acts 2:41
  15. 15 Acts 2:38; John 16:23–24; Matthew 18:19; John 14:13–14; Philippians 1:19
  16. 16 Acts 2:38; Acts 19:2; Matthew 28:19; Acts 19:5–6; Acts 11:15–17
  17. 17 Acts 19:6; Acts 6:6; 2 Timothy 1:6; Acts 8:18; Acts 2:4
  18. 18 1 Timothy 6:5; Matthew 10:8; 2 Kings 8:9; Ezekiel 13:19; 2 Kings 5:15–16
  19. 19 Luke 14:7–11; Matthew 18:1–3; 3 John 9; John 5:44; Acts 8:17
  20. 20 Daniel 5:17; Acts 2:38; Matthew 10:8; Revelation 18:15; 2 Peter 2:14–17
  21. 21 Hebrews 4:13; Matthew 6:22–24; Psalm 36:1; John 21:17; Revelation 22:19
  22. 22 2 Timothy 2:25–26; Daniel 4:27; Hebrews 4:12; Acts 9:11; Luke 11:9–13
  23. 23 Isaiah 58:6; Proverbs 5:22; John 8:34; Hebrews 12:15; Titus 3:3
  24. 24 Exodus 8:8; Numbers 21:7; Job 42:8; Genesis 20:7; James 5:16
  25. 25 Acts 20:21; Acts 28:23; 1 Peter 5:12; Acts 28:28; Acts 8:40
  26. 26 2 Kings 1:3; Acts 5:19; Hebrews 1:14; Acts 27:23; Acts 12:23
  27. 27 Zephaniah 3:10; Psalm 68:31; Isaiah 56:3–8; Jeremiah 38:7; Psalm 87:4
  28. 28 Colossians 3:16; Isaiah 1:1; Acts 28:25; Proverbs 2:1–6; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
  29. 29 Acts 10:19; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2–4; Acts 20:22–23; Acts 16:6–7
  30. 30 Luke 24:44–45; John 5:39; Ephesians 5:17; Matthew 15:10; Matthew 13:23
  31. 31 Romans 10:14; Isaiah 29:18–19; Psalm 73:16–17; Proverbs 30:2–3; Psalm 25:8–9
  32. 32 Isaiah 53:7–8; 1 Peter 2:21–24; Jeremiah 51:40; Jeremiah 11:19; Romans 8:36
  33. 33 Isaiah 53:12; Isaiah 53:8; Philippians 2:8–9; Zechariah 13:7; Isaiah 53:10
  34. 34 Matthew 15:15; Matthew 13:36; Matthew 2:2–4
  35. 35 Luke 24:27; Acts 18:28; 1 Corinthians 2:2; Acts 28:23; Matthew 5:2
  36. 36 Acts 10:47; John 3:5; John 3:23; Titus 3:5–6; 1 John 5:6
  37. 38 John 4:1; John 3:22–23
  38. 39 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 43:5; Ezekiel 11:1
  39. 40 Acts 21:8; Acts 23:33; Acts 25:4; Acts 10:1; Acts 23:23

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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  1. Commentary 8:26 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles (Homily XIX)

    It seems to me, this (Philip) was one of the seven; for from Jerusalem he would not have gone southwards, but to the north; but from Samaria it was "towards the south. The same is desert:" so that there is no fear of an attack from the Jews. And he did not ask, Wherefore? but "arose and went.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)

  2. Quotes verse 8:9–11 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Chapters XXII–XXIII)

    And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had driven them mad by his sorceries." This Simon, then--who feigned faith, supposing that the apostles themselves performed their cures by the art of magic, and not by the power of God; and with respect to their filling with the Holy Ghost, through the imposition of hands, those …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 8:13 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXI)

    … when we hear, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;" we do not of course understand it of one who believes in such a way "as the devils believe and tremble;" nor of those who receive baptism in such sort as Simon Magus, who though he could be baptized, could not be saved.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 8:10 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XLVI)

    For indeed this is his great power. This power caused Christ to die, that He might put an end to it.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  5. Quotes verse 8:18–21 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VI)

    The inventor of all heresy was Simon Magus: that Simon, who in the Acts of the Apostles thought to purchase with money the unsaleable grace of the Spirit, and heard the words, Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, and the rest: concerning whom also it is written, They went out from us, but they were not …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)