# Connecting Statement:

This is concludes the part of the story about Simon and the Samaritans.

# testified

Peter and John told what they personally knew about Jesus to the Samaritans.

# spoken the word of the Lord

Here "word" is a metonym for "message." Peter and John explained the message about Jesus to the Samaritans. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# to many villages of the Samaritans

Here "villages" refers to the people in them. Alternate translation: "to the people in many Samaritan villages" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])