From 13a238443e8b3c09fa477407ea4ff4050af71aec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Warren <tom_warren@wycliffeassociates.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:59:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] working through Act 8 with Bob Johnson's report

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 \p
-\v 25 When Peter and John had born witness and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem; along the way, they proclaimed the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
+\v 25 When testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, proclaiming the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
 
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@@ -65,27 +65,27 @@
 
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 \v 32 Now the passage of the scripture which the Ethiopian was reading was this,
-\q "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
-\q and as a lamb before his shearer is silent,
-\q he does not open his mouth:
+\q "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
+\q and like a lamb before his shearer is silent,
+\q so he did not open his mouth:
 \q
-\v 33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away:
-\q Who will declare his generation?
-\q for his life was taken from the earth."
+\v 33 In his humiliation justice was taken from him.
+\q And his descendants, who will be able to fully describe them? 
+\q For his life was taken from the earth."
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-\v 34 So the eunuch asked Philip, and said, "I beg you, of whom is the prophet speaking? Of himself, or of some other person?"
-\v 35 Philip began to speak; he started with this scripture in Isaiah to proclaim about Jesus to him.
+\v 34 So the eunuch asked Philip, and said, "I beg you, who is the prophet speaking about, himself, or someone else?"
+\v 35 Philip began to speak, and beginning with this scripture he proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
 
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-\v 36 As they went on the road, they came to some water; the eunuch said, "Look, there is water here; what prevents me from being baptized?"
+\v 36 As they went on the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water here. What prevents me from being baptized?"
 \v 37 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit Acts 8:37, \fqa Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may be baptized." The Ethiopian answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." \f*
 \v 38 So the Ethiopian commanded the chariot to stop. They went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and Philip baptized him.
 
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-\v 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; the eunuch saw him no longer, and he went on his way rejoicing.
-\v 40 But Philip appeared at Azotus. He passed through that region and proclaimed the gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
+\v 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
+\v 40 But Philip appeared at Azotus and he went through that region, proclaiming the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.