Acts 8

Introductory Remarks: It is not difficult to see the connection between the introductory verses of this chapter, vss. 1-4, which tell of the rise of persecution, and the remaining section, which treats the missionary-ministry of Philip. Nor is there by any means a lack of connection between this chapter and the general idea of the Acts. Here we have quite evidently a further fulfillment of the Lord Jesus’ words: “Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in...