⁵ Philip^(A) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.

⁵ This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen,^(A) a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit;^(B) also Philip,^(C) Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

⁸ Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea^(A) and stayed at the house of Philip^(B) the evangelist,^(C) one of the Seven.

⁴⁰ Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns^(A) until he reached Caesarea.^(B)

³⁵ Then Philip began^(A) with that very passage of Scripture^(B) and told him the good news^(C) about Jesus.

³⁶ As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”^(D)

¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.^(A)

²³ but we preach Christ crucified:^(A) a stumbling block^(B) to Jews and foolishness^(C) to Gentiles,

⁴² Day after day, in the temple courts^(A) and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news^(B) that Jesus is the Messiah.^(C)

² For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.^(A)

² As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue,^(A) and on three Sabbath^(B) days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,^{(C) 3} explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer^(D) and rise from the dead.^(E) “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,”^(F) he said.