Some Samaritans Become Believers

⁴ Now those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the word. ⁵ Philip went down to the^[a] city of Samaria and began to preach the Messiah^[b] to the people.^{[c] 6} The crowds, hearing his message^[d] and seeing the signs that he was doing, paid close attention to what was said by Philip. ⁷ Unclean spirits screamed with a loud voice as they came out of the many people they had possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed. ⁸ As a result, there was great rejoicing in that city.