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Acts 8:5

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5And Philip came down to the city of Samaria and* began proclaiming* the Christb to them.

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came down”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began proclaiming”)
  3. bOr “Messiah”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.