Acts 8:5-8

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• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Comparative texts about Spirit Possession and Exorcism from Philo, Lucian, Josephus, the Babylonian Talmud, Midrash, Philostratus, etc. At (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "Philip, who was before a deacon in Jerusalem, is made an evangelist by God in an extraordinary way."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
    • "As far as the gospel prevails, evil spirits are dislodged, particularly unclean spirits."
  • From Wesley's Notes.
    • "Stephen - Being taken away, Philip, his next colleague, (not the apostle,) rises in his place."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  • From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
    • "It was the miracles that, at first, fixed their attention."
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
  • "Steps of Evangelization," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
    • "Pray that the Spirit might lead you and use your talents to support your words. And pray the Spirit might fall upon your audience, even if only one person is 'in the house.'"
  • "Simon and Simon (Acts 8:1-25)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
    • "Whenever men lose sight of the sovereignty of God, they begin to think and to act according to the rules of magic. And all of this can take on a very pious appearance."
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  • Dickerson, Patrick L., "The Sources of the Account of the Mission to Samaria in Acts 8:5-25," Novum Testamentum, 1997.
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  • "Could you Be Wrong about God?" the rev. Craig Barnes, Day 1, 2000.
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