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Philip: Act 8:1, Act 8:14, Act 8:15, Act 8:40, Act 6:5, Act 21:8 the city: Rather, "to a city of Samaria," εις \[Strong's G1519\], πολις της Σαμαρειας, for the city of Samaria had been utterly destroyed by Hyrcanus, and the city built by Herod on its site was called Σεβαστη, that is, Augusta, in honour of Augustus. Samaria comprised the tract of country formerly occupied by the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, west of Jordan, lying between Judea and Galilee, beginning, says Josephus, at Ginea in the great plain, and ending at the toparchy of Acrabateni. Act 1:8; Mat 10:5, Mat 10:6 preached: Act 8:35-37, Act 5:42, Act 9:20, Act 17:2, Act 17:3; Joh 4:25, Joh 4:26; Co1 1:23, Co1 2:2, Co1 3:11 Acts 8:6

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