Acts 8:10

¹⁰הַכֹּל הִקְשִׁיבוּ אֵלָיו, מִקָּטָן וְעַד גָּדוֹל. אָמְרוּ: "הָאִישׁ הַזֶּה הוּא כֹּחַ הָאֱלֹהִים הַנִּקְרָא הַכֹּחַ הַגָּדוֹל."

Acts 8 marks a pivot point in the early church's story. The persecution that erupts after Stephen's death scatters believers from Jerusalem, and that scattering becomes the engine of mission. Philip, one of the seven deacons, takes the gospel to Samaria — a region and people long estranged from the