Acts 8, sung word for word in more than 20 music styles, with the words on screen. Free. Choose a style and a voice to play it.
1 -And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
2 -God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
3 -But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
4 -Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
5 -Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
6 -The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.
7 -With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.
8 -So there was great joy in that city.
9 -Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
10 -and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
11 -They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
12 -But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 -Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
14 -When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
15 -On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
16 -For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
17 -Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 -When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
19 -“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 -But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
21 -You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
22 -Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
23 -For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
24 -Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
25 -And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.
26 -Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
27 -So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
28 -and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
29 -The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
30 -So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 -“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 -The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
33 -In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
34 -“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
35 -Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
36 -As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
38 -And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
39 -When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
40 -But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
(Berean Standard Bible)
