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Philip and the Ethiopian official
Sent by an angel to the road toward Gaza, Philip met an Ethiopian court official reading Isaiah 53 in his chariot. Starting from that passage Philip told him the good news about Jesus, and at the official's request Philip baptized him in water beside the road.
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Cornelius and the first Gentile believers
A Roman centurion at Caesarea named Cornelius was told in a vision to send for Peter. Peter, prepared by his own vision at Joppa, went and preached, and the Holy Spirit fell on the whole Gentile household while he spoke. They were baptized, and the Jerusalem church concluded that God had granted repentance to the Gentiles as well.
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Stephen's martyrdom
Stephen, one of seven men chosen to serve the Jerusalem church, worked wonders and debated in the synagogues until he was accused of speaking against the temple and the law. His defense retold Israel's story from Abraham to Solomon, he saw Jesus standing at God's right hand, and he was stoned while praying for his killers. A young man named Saul approved.
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The conversion of Paul
Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee who had approved Stephen's death, set out to arrest believers in Damascus. Near the city a light from heaven threw him down and the risen Jesus spoke to him. Blind for three days, he was healed and baptized by a disciple named Ananias and began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues.
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Philip the evangelist
Philip was one of the seven chosen with Stephen to serve the Jerusalem church. Scattered by the persecution, he preached in Samaria, explained Isaiah 53 to an Ethiopian official on the road to Gaza and baptized him, and later settled in Caesarea, where Acts calls him the evangelist.
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The church at Antioch
Believers scattered by the persecution after Stephen preached to Greeks in Antioch and many turned to the Lord. Jerusalem sent Barnabas, who brought Saul from Tarsus, and the two taught there for a year. In Antioch the disciples were first called Christians, and from Antioch the church later set apart Barnabas and Saul for their mission.
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Cornelius
Cornelius was a centurion of the Italian Regiment stationed at Caesarea, a devout and generous man who feared God. An angel told him to send for Peter, and while Peter preached in his house the Holy Spirit fell on Cornelius and everyone with him, and they were baptized.
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Peter
Peter, originally Simon, was a fisherman from Galilee whom Jesus called to follow Him and renamed Peter. He confessed Jesus as the Christ, denied Him during the trial, was restored after the resurrection, and preached the first sermon at Pentecost.
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The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is God present and active among His people. He hovers over creation, fills prophets and craftsmen in the Old Testament, descends on Jesus at His baptism, is promised by Jesus as the Advocate, and comes on the church at Pentecost, giving power to witness, new birth, gifts, and fruit.
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Connections around Caesarea
Philip and the Ethiopian official occurs at Caesarea
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePhilip's journey after the baptism ends at Caesarea.
Evidence:Cornelius and the first Gentile believers occurs at Caesarea
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceCornelius lives at Caesarea, where Peter comes to him.
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