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Acts 8

Acts 8 ( Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)): And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria , except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, an... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Jerusalem , Samaria , Gaza , Ethiopia , Azotus . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles—Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria, Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Macedonia (region. Referenced in Acts 16:9 , Acts 16:10 , Acts 16:12 , Acts 18:5 , Acts 19:21 .) Ephesus (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 18:19 , Acts 18:21 , Acts 18:24 , Acts 19:1 , Acts 19:17 , Acts 19:26 .) Caesarea (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 10:1 , Acts 10:24 , Acts 11:11 , Acts 12:19 .) Joppa (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 8:8 : "And there was great joy in that city."; Acts 7:47 : "But Solomon built him an house."; Acts 14:7 : "And there they preached the gospel.". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 8 ( Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)), Acts (New Testament • 28 Chapters), Acts 18 (Acts • Chapter 18 (28 verses)).

Topics, People & Places (36)

Acts 8

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Acts • Chapter 8 (40 verses)

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem ; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria , except the apostles. And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, an... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Jerusalem , Samaria , Gaza , Ethiopia , Azotus .

Acts

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New Testament • 28 Chapters

Acts (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Mary . Key places: Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia . Opens with: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,..."

Acts 8:1

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Acts Chapter 8, Verse 1

Scripture passage in Acts 8:1

Gallio Inscription at Delphi — Proconsul of Achaia (Acts 18:12)

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Rescript of Emperor Claudius dating the proconsulship of Gallio in Corinth to 51–52 CE, the chronological anchor of Pauline chronology.

Roman Imperial Chancellery (Claudius) / Delphi Excavation • Delphi Archaeological Museum / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0

Four-Horned Altar of Beersheba — Dismantled Israelite Altar

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Hewn sandstone blocks of a sacrificial altar with corner horns dismantled during Hezekiah 's or Josiah 's religious reforms.

Israelite Stonecutters (8th Century BCE) • The Israel Museum, Jerusalem CC-BY-SA 4.0

Deir Alla Inscription — Prophecy of Balaam Son of Beor

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Red and black ink plaster wall inscription in Jordan recounting visions of the seer 'Balaam, son of Beor' ( Numbers 22 ).

Gileadite Scribes (8th Century BCE) • Archaeological Museum of Amman / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0

Map of Paul's Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36–18:22)

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Cilicia , Galatia , Troas (Macedonian Call), Philippi , Thessalonica , Berea , Athens , and Corinth .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

Map of Paul's Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18:23–21:16)

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Extended 3-year ministry in Ephesus , visit to Macedonia and Greece , and journey to Jerusalem .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

Map of Paul's Voyage to Rome (Acts 27–28)

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Sea voyage from Caesarea through Sidon , Myra , Fair Havens ( Crete ), shipwreck at Malta , and arrival in Rome .

Townsend MacCoun (1899) • The Holy Land in Geography and in History / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

Acts 18

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Acts • Chapter 18 (28 verses)

After these things Paul departed from Athens , and came to Corinth ; And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus , lately come from Italy , with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome :) and came unto them. And because he was of ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Athens , Corinth , Pontus , Italy , Rome .

Acts 28

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Acts • Chapter 28 (31 verses)

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a bundle of st... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Alexandria , Syracuse , Rhegium , Puteoli , Rome .

Early Church, Acts & Pauline Epistles

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Wiki Article • New Testament & Messiah

Following the ascension of Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 1 –2, the apostolic community spread from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria , Antioch , Corinth , Ephesus , and Rome , documented across Acts and the twenty-one New Testament Epistles.

Acts 1:8

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Acts Chapter 1, Verse 8

Scripture passage in Acts 1:8

Acts 18:12

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Acts Chapter 18, Verse 12

Scripture passage in Acts 18:12

Acts 21:28

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Acts Chapter 21, Verse 28

Scripture passage in Acts 21:28

Macedonia

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Biblical Place • Thessalonica • 40.632°N, 22.932°E

region. Referenced in Acts 16:9 , Acts 16:10 , Acts 16:12 , Acts 18:5 , Acts 19:21 .

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III — King Jehu of Israel

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Neo-Assyrian bas-relief (825 BCE) showing King Jehu bowing before the Assyrian monarch, the only contemporary depiction of an Israelite king.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Merneptah Stele (Israel Stele) — Earliest Extra-Biblical Israel Mention

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Egyptian hieroglyphic victory poem from 1208 BCE preserving the earliest historical inscription naming ' Israel ' as a people in Canaan .

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Kurkh Monoliths — Shalmaneser III Inscription Mentions Ahab

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Assyrian stele documenting the Battle of Qarqar (853 BCE), listing 'Ahab the Israelite' contributing 2,000 chariots and 10,000 troops.

Neo-Assyrian Scribes of Shalmaneser III • The British Museum, London CC-BY-SA 4.0

Code of Hammurabi Stele — Babylonian Law & Mosaic Parallels

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Diorite stele in the Louvre Museum with 282 legal statutes illustrating Ancient Near Eastern covenantal jurisprudence.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Temple Warning Inscription — Greek Soreg Warning to Gentiles

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Limestone slab warning non-Jews on pain of death not to enter past the balustrade (soreg) into the inner Temple courts ( Acts 21:28 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Ephesus

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Biblical Place • 37.953°N, 27.368°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 18:19 , Acts 18:21 , Acts 18:24 , Acts 19:1 , Acts 19:17 , Acts 19:26 .

פֶּלֶא

pele (peleʾ) [PEH-leh]

H6382 Hebrew noun masculine 13x

wonder, miracle, extraordinary deed

Wonder, supernatural phenomenon, miracle; characterizes Yahweh's acts in Exodus (Exodus 15:11) and the Messianic title 'Pele-Yoetz' (Isaiah 9:6).

Derivation: From פָּלָא (H6381) to be extraordinary.

Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:

LXX ⇄ G2297 LXX ⇄ G2298

Themes:

miracles messianic theology-proper salvation

Key Scripture Passages:

EXO.15.11 PSA.77.11 PSA.78.12 PSA.119.129 ISA.9.6 ISA.25.1

ἀγαθός

agathos (agathós) [ag-ath-os']

G0018 Greek adjective 102x

good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness

Primary meaning: good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness. Strong's: "good" (in any sense, often as noun). Lexical nuances: in general, good , in physical and in moral sense, used of persons, things, acts, conditions, etc., applied to that which is regarded as "perfect in its kind, so as to produce pleasure and satisfaction, . . . that which, in itself good, is also at once for the good and the advantage of him who comes in contact with it" (Cremer, 3): γῆ , Lk 8:8 ; δένδρον , Mt 7:18 ; καρδία , Lk 8:15 ; δόσις , Ja...

Derivation: a primary word;

Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:

LXX ⇄ H2896

Themes:

ethics goodness

Key Scripture Passages:

LUK.8.8 MAT.7.18 LUK.8.15 JAS.1.17 LUK.10.42 PHP.1.6 2TH.2.16 MAT.12.35

Caesarea

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Biblical Place • 32.500°N, 34.892°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 8:40 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 10:1 , Acts 10:24 , Acts 11:11 , Acts 12:19 .

ἀνομία

anomia (anomía) [an-om-ee'-ah]

G0458 Greek noun feminine 15x

lawlessness, iniquity

Primary meaning: lawlessness, iniquity. Strong's: illegality, i.e. violation of law or (genitive case) wickedness. Lexical nuances: lawlessness , iniquity : Mt 7:23 13:41 23:28 24:12 , Ro 6:19 , II Co 6:14 , II Th 2:3 , 7 , Tit 2:14 , He 1:9 , I Jo 3:4 ; in pl. (as LXX, Ps 31:1 , al.; v. Bl., § 32, 6; Swete, Mk. , 153), of acts or manifestations of lawlessness: Ro 4:7 (LXX) , He 10:17 .†

Derivation: from G459 (ἄνομος);

Septuagint (LXX) Bridge:

LXX ⇄ H5771 LXX ⇄ H6588 LXX ⇄ H7562 LXX ⇄ H8441

Themes:

hamartiology lawlessness

Key Scripture Passages:

MAT.7.23 MAT.13.41 MAT.23.28 MAT.24.12 ROM.6.19 2CO.6.14 2TH.2.3 2TH.2.7

Joppa

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Biblical Place • 32.054°N, 34.750°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:46 , 2 Chr 2:16 , Ezra 3:7 , Jonah 1:3 , Acts 9:36 , Acts 9:38 .

Codex Alexandrinus (A, 02) — Acts of the Apostles 1

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Uncial folio depicting Christ 's ascension and the waiting apostles in Jerusalem .

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0

Taylor Prism (Sennacherib's Annals) — Siege of Jerusalem

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Hexagonal baked clay prism in the British Museum recording Sennacherib's campaign against Hezekiah : 'I shut him up like a caged bird'.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Lachish Reliefs — Assyrian Assault on Judahite Fortress

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Stone wall relief from Sennacherib's Southwest Palace at Nineveh depicting the siege, battering rams, and deportation of Lachish (701 BCE).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Achaia

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Biblical Place • Athens • 37.983°N, 23.733°E

region. Referenced in Acts 18:12 , Acts 18:27 , Acts 19:21 , Rom 15:26 , 1 Cor 16:15 .

Pool of Siloam — Excavations of the Lower Byzantine & Herodian Pool

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Monumental stone steps and promenade where Jesus sent the man born blind to wash in John 9:7 .

Second Temple Jerusalem Engineers • Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Behistun Inscription — Darius the Great Trilingual Relief

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Colossal rock relief in Iran carved in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian, key to deciphering cuneiform and Persian royal decrees in Ezra .

Achaemenid Persian Stonemasons (Darius the Great) • UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bisotun CC-BY-SA 4.0

Seal of King Hezekiah — Royal Bulla from Ophel Excavations

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Impression of the royal signet ring of King Hezekiah featuring a two-winged sun disk and ankh symbols.

Chancery of King Hezekiah • Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Nazareth Inscription — Imperial Edict on Grave Robbery

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Marble slab inscribed with an imperial ordinance imposing capital punishment on tomb violators, found in Nazareth .

Roman Imperial Chancellery • Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France CC-BY-SA 4.0

Megiddo Solomonic City Gate — Six-Chambered Iron Age Gateway

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Monumental six-chambered ashlar gate matching royal engineering at Hazor and Gezer ( 1 Kings 9:15 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0

Scripture Passages (24)

Acts 8:8 (KJV)

Acts 8 KJV

And there was great joy in that city.

Acts 7:47 (KJV)

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But Solomon built him an house.

Acts 14:7 (KJV)

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And there they preached the gospel.

Acts 17:33 (KJV)

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So Paul departed from among them.

Acts 2:35 (KJV)

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Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Acts 13:30 (KJV)

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But God raised him from the dead:

Acts 19:7 (KJV)

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And all the men were about twelve.

Acts 7:18 (KJV)

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Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph .

Acts 7:50 (KJV)

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Hath not my hand made all these things?

Acts 12:24 (KJV)

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But the word of God grew and multiplied.

Acts 15:34 (KJV)

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Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

Acts 8:28 (KJV)

Acts 8 KJV

Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

Acts 18:16 (KJV)

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And he drave them from the judgment seat.

Acts 20:5 (KJV)

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These going before tarried for us at Troas .

Acts 23:25 (KJV)

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And he wrote a letter after this manner:

Acts 7:1 (KJV)

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Then said the high priest , Are these things so?

Acts 11:25 (KJV)

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Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus , for to seek Saul :

Acts 13:37 (KJV)

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But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

Acts 14:28 (KJV)

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And there they abode long time with the disciples.

Acts 16:8 (KJV)

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And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas .

Acts 19:20 (KJV)

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So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

Acts 27:26 (KJV)

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Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

Acts 28:12 (KJV)

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And landing at Syracuse , we tarried there three days.

Acts 2:13 (KJV)

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Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

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Scripture Passages (24)

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