Acts 8:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

When

Received

Peter

Acts 3:1

Galatians 2:9

Bible References

When

Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death.

And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to your faith,

Received

So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand

souls.

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”

He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.

For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.

and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.

Peter

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

and recognizing the grace that had been given to me,

James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.