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Acts 8:20

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But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

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Jerusalem and Judea were the heartland from which persecution scattered believers to Samaria, where Simon sought to buy God’s gift of the Spirit and received Peter’s rebuke.

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Acts 8:20 mentions Ashdod, Caesarea, Ethiopia, Gaza, Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.

Ashdod · Yairapple
Caesarea · DerHexer
Ethiopia · Bertramz
Jerusalem · Godot13

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