Acts · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Acts 8 Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Includes the books not found in the Hebrew Bible (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, 1–3 Maccabees, 2 and 3 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh), as in the Synodal editions.
1 Савл же одобрял убиение его. В те дни произошло великое гонение на церковь в Иерусалиме; и все, кроме Апостолов, рассеялись по разным местам Иудеи и Самарии.
1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
2 Стефана же погребли мужи благоговейные, и сделали великий плач по нем.
2 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
3 А Савл терзал церковь, входя в домы и влача мужчин и женщин, отдавал в темницу.
3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
4 Между тем рассеявшиеся ходили и благовествовали слово.
4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
5 Так Филипп пришел в город Самарийский и проповедывал им Христа.
5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
6 Народ единодушно внимал тому, что говорил Филипп, слыша и видя, какие он творил чудеса.
6 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
7 Ибо нечистые духи из многих, одержимых ими, выходили с великим воплем, а многие расслабленные и хромые исцелялись.
7 For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
8 И была радость великая в том городе.
8 There was great joy in that city.
9 Находился же в городе некоторый муж, именем Симон, который перед тем волхвовал и изумлял народ Самарийский, выдавая себя за кого-то великого.
9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
10 Ему внимали все, от малого до большого, говоря: сей есть великая сила Божия.
10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
11 А внимали ему потому, что он немалое время изумлял их волхвованиями.
11 They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
12 Но, когда поверили Филиппу, благовествующему о Царствии Божием и о имени Иисуса Христа, то крестились и мужчины и женщины.
12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Уверовал и сам Симон и, крестившись, не отходил от Филиппа; и, видя совершающиеся великие силы и знамения, изумлялся.
13 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
14 Находившиеся в Иерусалиме Апостолы, услышав, что Самаряне приняли слово Божие, послали к ним Петра и Иоанна,
14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
15 которые, придя, помолились о них, чтобы они приняли Духа Святаго.
15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
16 Ибо Он не сходил еще ни на одного из них, а только были они крещены во имя Господа Иисуса.
16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
17 Тогда возложили руки на них, и они приняли Духа Святаго.
17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 Симон же, увидев, что через возложение рук Апостольских подается Дух Святый, принес им деньги,
18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
19 говоря: дайте и мне власть сию, чтобы тот, на кого я возложу руки, получал Духа Святаго.
19 saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Но Петр сказал ему: серебро твое да будет в погибель с тобою, потому что ты помыслил дар Божий получить за деньги.
20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
21 Нет тебе в сем части и жребия, ибо сердце твое неправо пред Богом.
21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
22 Итак покайся в сем грехе твоем, и молись Богу: может быть, опустится тебе помысел сердца твоего;
22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
23 ибо вижу тебя исполненного горькой желчи и в узах неправды.
23 For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
24 Симон же сказал в ответ: помолитесь вы за меня Господу, дабы не постигло меня ничто из сказанного вами.
24 Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
25 Они же, засвидетельствовав и проповедав слово Господне, обратно пошли в Иерусалим и во многих селениях Самарийских проповедали Евангелие.
25 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.
26 А Филиппу Ангел Господень сказал: встань и иди на полдень, на дорогу, идущую из Иерусалима в Газу, на ту, которая пуста.
26 Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
27 Он встал и пошел. И вот, муж Ефиоплянин, евнух, вельможа Кандакии, царицы Ефиопской, хранитель всех сокровищ ее, приезжавший в Иерусалим для поклонения,
27 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
28 возвращался и, сидя на колеснице своей, читал пророка Исаию.
28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
29 Дух сказал Филиппу: подойди и пристань к сей колеснице.
29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
30 Филипп подошел и, услышав, что он читает пророка Исаию, сказал: разумеешь ли, что читаешь?
30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
31 Он сказал: как могу разуметь, если кто не наставит меня? и попросил Филиппа взойти и сесть с ним.
31 He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 А место из Писания, которое он читал, было сие: как овца, веден был Он на заклание, и, как агнец пред стригущим его безгласен, так Он не отверзает уст Своих.
32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
33 В уничижении Его суд Его совершился. Но род Его кто разъяснит? ибо вземлется от земли жизнь Его.
33 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”
34 Евнух же сказал Филиппу: прошу тебя сказать: о ком пророк говорит это? о себе ли, или о ком другом?
34 The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”
35 Филипп отверз уста свои и, начав от сего Писания, благовествовал ему об Иисусе.
35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
36◆ Между тем, продолжая путь, они приехали к воде; и евнух сказал: вот вода; что препятствует мне креститься?
36 As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”
37◆ Филипп же сказал ему: если веруешь от всего сердца, можно. Он сказал в ответ: верую, что Иисус Христос есть Сын Божий.
37 Not in this translation
38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
39 Когда же они вышли из воды, Дух Святый сошел на евнуха, а Филиппа восхитил Ангел Господень, и евнух уже не видел его, и продолжал путь, радуясь.
39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
40 А Филипп оказался в Азоте и, проходя, благовествовал всем городам, пока пришел в Кесарию.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Philip
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
Simon
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
Stephen
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
Cross references (39)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Daniel 3:16–18; Acts 22:20; Acts 5:40; Acts 1:8; Acts 7:58
- 2 Genesis 50:10–11; Jeremiah 22:18; Genesis 23:2; 2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Chronicles 32:33
- 3 1 Timothy 1:13; Philippians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:13; Acts 9:21
- 4 Matthew 10:23; Acts 11:19; Acts 8:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; Acts 15:35
- 5 Acts 6:5; Acts 21:8; Acts 8:40; Acts 8:35–36; Acts 5:42
- 6 John 4:41–42; Matthew 20:15–16; Acts 13:44; 2 Chronicles 30:12
- 7 Matthew 10:1; Acts 14:8–10; Mark 16:17–18; Acts 5:16; Hebrews 2:4
- 8 Acts 13:52; Psalm 96:10–12; Acts 13:48; Luke 2:10–11; Romans 15:9–12
- 9 Acts 13:6; John 7:18; Acts 5:36; Exodus 8:18–19; Acts 19:18–20
- 10 2 Peter 2:2; Revelation 13:3; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 8:10; Jonah 3:5
- 11 Acts 8:9; Galatians 3:1; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 47:9–13; Isaiah 44:25
- 12 Acts 2:38; Acts 1:3; Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:41; 1 Peter 3:21
- 13 Acts 19:11; Acts 8:6–7; John 5:20; John 8:30–31; Mark 16:17
- 14 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; Acts 8:1; Galatians 2:9; Acts 2:41
- 15 Acts 2:38; John 16:23–24; Matthew 18:19; John 14:13–14; Philippians 1:19
- 16 Acts 2:38; Acts 19:2; Matthew 28:19; Acts 19:5–6; Acts 11:15–17
- 17 Acts 19:6; Acts 6:6; 2 Timothy 1:6; Acts 8:18; Acts 2:4
- 18 1 Timothy 6:5; Matthew 10:8; 2 Kings 8:9; Ezekiel 13:19; 2 Kings 5:15–16
- 19 Luke 14:7–11; Matthew 18:1–3; 3 John 9; John 5:44; Acts 8:17
- 20 Daniel 5:17; Acts 2:38; Matthew 10:8; Revelation 18:15; 2 Peter 2:14–17
- 21 Hebrews 4:13; Matthew 6:22–24; Psalm 36:1; John 21:17; Revelation 22:19
- 22 2 Timothy 2:25–26; Daniel 4:27; Hebrews 4:12; Acts 9:11; Luke 11:9–13
- 23 Isaiah 58:6; Proverbs 5:22; John 8:34; Hebrews 12:15; Titus 3:3
- 24 Exodus 8:8; Numbers 21:7; Job 42:8; Genesis 20:7; James 5:16
- 25 Acts 20:21; Acts 28:23; 1 Peter 5:12; Acts 28:28; Acts 8:40
- 26 2 Kings 1:3; Acts 5:19; Hebrews 1:14; Acts 27:23; Acts 12:23
- 27 Zephaniah 3:10; Psalm 68:31; Isaiah 56:3–8; Jeremiah 38:7; Psalm 87:4
- 28 Colossians 3:16; Isaiah 1:1; Acts 28:25; Proverbs 2:1–6; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 29 Acts 10:19; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2–4; Acts 20:22–23; Acts 16:6–7
- 30 Luke 24:44–45; John 5:39; Ephesians 5:17; Matthew 15:10; Matthew 13:23
- 31 Romans 10:14; Isaiah 29:18–19; Psalm 73:16–17; Proverbs 30:2–3; Psalm 25:8–9
- 32 Isaiah 53:7–8; 1 Peter 2:21–24; Jeremiah 51:40; Jeremiah 11:19; Romans 8:36
- 33 Isaiah 53:12; Isaiah 53:8; Philippians 2:8–9; Zechariah 13:7; Isaiah 53:10
- 34 Matthew 15:15; Matthew 13:36; Matthew 2:2–4
- 35 Luke 24:27; Acts 18:28; 1 Corinthians 2:2; Acts 28:23; Matthew 5:2
- 36 Acts 10:47; John 3:5; John 3:23; Titus 3:5–6; 1 John 5:6
- 38 John 4:1; John 3:22–23
- 39 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:16; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 43:5; Ezekiel 11:1
- 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
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Acts 8:37: the eunuch’s confession of faith
In some Bibles, before Philip baptizes the Ethiopian, he says, “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest,” and the eunuch answers, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” This verse is missing from the oldest Greek manuscripts and from most Byzantine ones, but it was known to St Irenaeus in the second century. It appears to be an early baptismal confession added to the story.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)
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 …
… 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)
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)
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)