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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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Caesarea
Caesarea was the Roman administrative capital of Judea, a harbor city on the Mediterranean built by Herod the Great. Philip settled there, the centurion Cornelius lived there when Peter brought him the Gospel, and Paul was later held there for two years before his appeal to Caesar.
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Connections around Philip and the Ethiopian official
Stephen's martyrdom precedes Philip and the Ethiopian official
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceActs narrates these events in this order.
Evidence:Philip and the Ethiopian official precedes The conversion of Paul
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceActs narrates these events in this order.
Evidence:Philip the evangelist participates in Philip and the Ethiopian official
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Philip in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Philip and the Ethiopian official occurs at Caesarea
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePhilip's journey after the baptism ends at Caesarea.
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