“Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.”
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there - Philip (one of the Seven, Acts 6:5) becomes a missionary. His going 'down to a city in Samaria' (katēlthen eis polis tēs Samareias) is physically downward (Samaria is geographically lower than Jerusalem) and missiologically bold. The proclamation of 'the Messiah' (tou Christou) in Samaria fulfills Acts 1:8: witness reaches Samaria, the historic enemy of Judea (cf. John 4:9). The boundary is crossed.
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