Ŵalondezgi ŵa Khristu ŵati ŵambininika chifukwa cha nthambuzgo, Filipu wakaluta ku Samariya. Wakwenera kuti wakateŵeteranga mwakukolerana chomene na wupu wakulongozga wa mu nyengo yira, chifukwa “ŵapositole mu Yerusalemu ŵakati ŵapulika kuti ŵanthu ŵa mu Samariya ŵazomera mazgu gha Chiuta, ŵakaŵatumira Petrosi na Yohane.” Icho chikachitika ntchakuti ŵasambiri ŵaphya ku malo agha ŵakapokera chawanangwa cha mzimu utuŵa.—Mil. 8:14-17 .
Filipu wakuzunulikaso kamoza, padera pa kuzunulika mu vyakuchitika ivyo vili pa Milimo chaputara 8 . Pakati pajumpha vyaka 20 kufuma pa upharazgi wakwamba wa Filipu mu Samariya, mpositole Paulosi na awo wakendanga nawo ŵakalutanga ku Yerusalemu paumaliro wa ulendo wake wachitatu wa umishonale. Gulu ili likima pa Pitolemayi. Luka wakalemba kuti: “Zuŵa lakulondezgapo, tikanyamuka na kufika mu Kesareya, ndipo tikanjira mu nyumba ya Filipu mupharazgi, uyo wakaŵa yumoza wa ŵanalume 7 ŵalumbiri luwemi ŵara, ndipo tikakhala nayo. Munthu uyu wakaŵa na ŵana ŵasungwana ŵanayi, ŵambura kutengwa, awo ŵakachimanga.”—Mil. 21:8, 9 .