[:en]As great persecution broke out against church at Jerusalem, Saul was there giving approval to Stephen’s death. He also went from house to house and dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
Philip preached in Samaria and performed miracles, casting out evil spirits and haling paralytic and cripples. There is great joy in that city.
Simon the sorcerer had great power with magic. He himself believed and was baptized. When Peter and John came to pray that they might receive the Holy Spirit, Simon offered them money asking for this ability so that everyone whom he laid his hand might receive the Holy Spirit. Peter rebuked him, and told him to repent because he thought that the gift of God could be bought with money.
While Philip was going down from Jerusalem to Gaza, he met an Ethiopian eunuch sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah. Philip told him the good news about Jesus in the passage of the scripture. As they traveled along the road, they stopped at a place with some water and Philip baptized him.[:]