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Simon the Sorcerer

Acts 8:14

In 9 translations

BSB
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
KJV
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
WEB
Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
ASV
Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
LSV
And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria has received the word of God, sent Peter and John to them,
YLT
And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,
DBY
And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;Elohim
DRC
Now when the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.
GNV
Nowe when the Apostles, which were at Hierusalem, heard say, that Samaria had receiued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Spelling of Σαμάρεια: Westcott–Hort: Σαμαρία.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὸν (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • Spelling of Ἰωάννην: Westcott–Hort: Ἰωάνην.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: αὐτοὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοὺς; Robinson–Pierpont add τὸν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἀπόστολοι ὅτι δέδεκται ἡ Σαμάρεια τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην,
RP2018
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἀπόστολοι ὅτι δέδεκται ἡ Σαμάρεια τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην·
TR-Boyd
Ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἀπόστολοι ὅτι δέδεκται ἡ Σαμάρεια τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην·
SCR1894
ακουσαντες δε οι εν ιεροσολυμοις αποστολοι οτι δεδεκται η σαμαρεια τον λογον του θεου απεστειλαν προς αυτους τον πετρον και ιωαννην

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  • 1 Thessalonians 3:2We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
  • Galatians 2:9And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
  • Acts 8:1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
  • Acts 3:1–3One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg…
  • Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
  • Acts 11:19–22Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews. But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch…
  • John 12:48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
  • Acts 15:4On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
  • Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
  • Luke 22:8Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”
  • Matthew 13:23But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
  • Acts 11:1The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

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