They therefore (ο μεν ουν). Demonstrative ο with μεν (no following δε) and the inferential ουν (therefore) as often in Acts (1:6, …

In many villages, etc. They went at first directly to the city of Samaria. On their return to Jerusalem, they travelled …

And they, when they had testified . . .—The statement implies a stay of some duration, long enough to establish and organize a com…

And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this pow…

Luke closes his account of the evangelization of Samaria with a transitional sentence that tells us that on the apostles’ return journey to Jerusal…

And they testified. In these words Luke teaches that Peter and John came not only that they might enrich the Samaritans with the gifts of …

And they, when they had testified
That is, Simeon (or Peter) and John, as the Syriac version expre es it; when they …

The Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of these converts with the extraordinary powers conveyed by the Spirit's descent on the day of Pentecos…