Acts 8:5 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And Philip having gone down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ,
English ASV
And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed unto them the Christ.
English Amplified
Philip [the deacon, not the apostle] went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ (the Messiah) to them [the people]; [Acts 6:5.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Philip [the deacon, not the apostle] went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ (the Messiah) to them [the people]; [Acts 6:5.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;
English EASY 2024
One of them who was called Philip went to a city in Samaria. There he told the people the message about Jesus Christ, God's Messiah.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Philip went to the city of Samaria and told people about the Christ.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Philip went to the principal city in Samaria and preached the Messiah to the people there.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Philip went to the city of Samaria and told people about the Messiah.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and preached the Messiah to them.
English KJV 1611
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
English LSB
Now Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began preaching Christ to them.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Thus Philip went down to (the) city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Philip went down to a city in Samaria. There he preached about the Christ.
English NIV
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ there.
English NKJ 1982
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
English NLT
Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Philip traveled to a Samaritan city and preached to them the wonderful news of the Anointed One.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Philip went down to a city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Philip, for instance, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about Christ.
English Tyndale 1537
Then came Philip into a city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.