Acts 8:24-26 English Standard Version (ESV)

24. And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

25. Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

26. Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place.

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