Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:1:

• Uma: “Saulus also was glad-about Stefanus being killed. On that day, the believers in the Lord Yesus in Yerusalem began to be persecuted greatly, with the result that they were scattered all over the land of Yudea and Samaria. Only the apostles of Lord Yesus did not flee from Yerusalem.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Estepan was buried by religious men/persons. They wailed and wept over/because-of him. Just after the death of Estepan, the persecution of the ones trusting in Isa at Awrusalam began. Because of that, all the disciples/adherents of Isa scattered to all the places there in Yahudiya and in the land of Samariya. Only the twelve commissioned ones did not move away from Awrusalam.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Saul was very pleased with the killing of Stephen. Stephen was buried by believers in God. They were grieved very much, and they wept for him. And starting from that day when Stephen died, the believers were ill treated by the Jews in Jerusalem. And the believers ran away and scattered out there in the whole province of Judea and Samaria. The only ones who didn’t run away were the apostles.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That day when-Esteban-died, that was the beginning of an extreme persecution of the congregations of believers in Jerusalem. There were those who consistently-obeyed God’s law who went and buried him (Esteban) while crying-for-him wailing. But Saulo, he approved-of Esteban’s death and was-excessive-in causing-to-be-pitiful those-aforementioned believers so that none should (desired effect) be left. [Plural] Saulo were-entering-and-entering the many-houses while (concurrent action) he-was-causing-the occupants-to-be-dragged to take them to jail. Therefore all who believed, excepting the apostles, they separated-from-each-other to run-away to the many-towns in the provinces Judea and Samaria.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “As for that Saulo, that killing of Esteban pleased him very much. And from that day, he really caused-suffering/persecuted all the believers there in Jerusalem. That’s why, except for the apostles, the believers were then scattered through the whole land of Judea and Samaria.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:2:

• Uma: “People who submitted to God took Stefanus’ body, they wailed over it with their real heart, and they buried him.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Estepan was buried by religious men/persons. They wailed and wept over/because-of him. Just after the death of Estepan, the persecution of the ones trusting in Isa at Awrusalam began. Because of that, all the disciples/adherents of Isa scattered to all the places there in Yahudiya and in the land of Samariya. Only the twelve commissioned ones did not move away from Awrusalam.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Saul was very pleased with the killing of Stephen. Stephen was buried by believers in God. They were grieved very much, and they wept for him. And starting from that day when Stephen died, the believers were ill treated by the Jews in Jerusalem. And the believers ran away and scattered out there in the whole province of Judea and Samaria. The only ones who didn’t run away were the apostles.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That day when-Esteban -died, that was the beginning of an extreme persecution of the congregations of believers in Jerusalem. There were those who consistently-obeyed God’s law who went and buried him (Esteban) while crying-for-him wailing. But Saulo, he approved-of Esteban’s death and was-excessive-in causing-to-be-pitiful those-aforementioned believers so that none should (desired effect) be left. Plural Saulo were-entering-and-entering the many-houses while (concurrent action) he-was-causing-the occupants -to-be-dragged to take them to jail. Therefore all who believed, excepting the apostles, they separated-from-each-other to run-away to the many-towns in the provinces Judea and Samaria.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Esteban was buried by some people who were devout-worshippers of God. They really grieved and they wept for him.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:3:

• Uma: “But Saulus, he was on-a-rampage to persecuting people who believed in the Lord Yesus. Every home of theirs he entered and whoever believed in the Lord Yesus, whether man or woman, he arrested, dragged out, and turned over to the government to be imprisoned.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “And that Saul, he persecuted severely the people who trusted in Isa. He entered their houses one by one and he seized them male and female and imprisoned them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Saul, he wanted to destroy the unity of the believers, and bad was what he was doing to them. He went and investigated every house, and he arrested the believers, and he took them, men and women, and put them in prison.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “That day when-Esteban -died, that was the beginning of an extreme persecution of the congregations of believers in Jerusalem. There were those who consistently-obeyed God’s law who went and buried him (Esteban) while crying-for-him wailing. But Saulo, he approved-of Esteban’s death and was-excessive-in causing-to-be-pitiful those-aforementioned believers so that none should (desired effect) be left. Plural Saulo were-entering-and-entering the many-houses while (concurrent action) he-was-causing-the occupants -to-be-dragged to take them to jail. Therefore all who believed, excepting the apostles, they separated-from-each-other to run-away to the many-towns in the provinces Judea and Samaria.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Really as for Saulo, his persevering was far-from-ordinary in persecuting the believers. He really hounded them. Proof was, he was entering the houses and everyone he caught/arrested, female or male, he would drag them and have them imprisoned.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:4:

• Uma: “So, those followers of Yesus who fled from Yerusalem, wherever they went they kept announcing the Word of the Lord.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The ones trusting in Isa who were scattered, they went throughout all the places and they proclaimed the good news about Isa.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Those believers who were scattered out when they ran away, they caused the word of God to be understood in the villages.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Those-aforementioned-ones who separated-from-each-other, wherever they went, they preached the word of God concerning Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, as for those scattered ones, each place they came to, they were teaching to people the word of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:5:

• Uma: “So also Filipus went to a town in the land of Samaria, announcing to them the Good News that Yesus is the Redeemer King.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Pilip went to a certain town there in Samariya. He proclaimed there to the people about Almasi, the one chosen by God to rule.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And one of those, Philip, he went to the highest town there in the province of Samaria, and he preached to the people who the one God chose to rule is.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “One of them, it was Felipe. He went to a town in Samaria, and he preached that Jesus was the Messiah whom God had sent.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “As for Felipe, he went to the main city of Samaria. On his arrival, he taught the people there concerning Cristo who was that Savior King who had been promised by God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:6:

• Uma: “He also did surprising signs there. Thus when the Samaria people heard the words of Filipus and saw the surprising signs that he did, they received the news that he brought with their real hearts.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “The crowds of people listened very well to what Pilip said and they saw the powerful works which he did.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for the many people there, when they heard what Philip said and when they saw the miracles he did, they were one in obeying what he preached to them.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When the many-people heard what he-was-saying and saw the amazing-things that he was-doing, they all believed what he was saying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When the crowd heard what Felipe was teaching and saw what he was doing which were signs which were amazing things, there wasn’t one who wasn’t listening well to all Felipe was teaching.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:7:

• Uma: “Because he expelled demons from many people that they had possessed/entered, with the result that those people shouted, and’ the demons that had entered them did go out. And he also headed many crippled and lame people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Many people had demons come out of them. The demons cried out loudly as they came out. And many paralyzed persons (their bodies dead) and cripples were healed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There were many people whom he cured who were afflicted with evil spirits, and the evil spirits yelled as they went out. And he also cured those who were lame and those who were paralyzed.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Because the evil-spirits who had-taken-possession (of people), they left many people while-simultaneously they screeched, and many cripples and lame-people were also made-well.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “For he expelled many evil-spirits who were possessing people, and they cried out as they left. And many also were those made well by Felipe who had a part of their body dead or who were lame.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 8:8:

• Uma: “That is why those Samaria people were very glad to receive Filipus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Therefore the people of that town were very happy.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And the Samarians were very happy.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Therefore the residents there were made-happy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Therefore they were very happy, the people of that city.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)