Note 1 at Ac 8:5: Jesus had ministered to the people in the city of Sychar, just a short distance from this city of Samaria (Joh 4:5-30 and 39-42).

Note 2 at Ac 8:5: This was the constant message of the early church. The believers were preaching Jesus and what He had done for mankind. Today many "ministers" preach morality or social issues or what we must do for God, but this was not the message of the first-century church. There is a time to mention these things, but Jesus always has to have preeminence (Col 1:18).

If people claim to represent Jehovah God yet they aren't preaching Jesus as the focal point and the only way unto the Father (Joh 14:6), then they aren't truly honoring God the Father (Joh 5:23 and 1Jo 2:22-23).