Do you understand what you read?

Acts 8:26-40

This specific chapter deals with the event when Philip was instructed by God to go to the south down from Jerusalem to meet up with a man on a chariot.

Background:

The background to this event describes that Philip went down to Samaria to preach Christ unto them (verse 5).  And Philip was not an apostle (or pastor), he was one of the seven deacons ordained to look after the daily ministration of the needs of the widows, so that the apostles could spend their time in prayer and ministry of the word. (Acts 6:4).

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