²⁴ Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me^(A) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

²⁵ After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord^(B) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.^(C)

Philip and the Ethiopian

²⁶ Now an angel^(D) of the Lord said to Philip,^(E) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”