Acts 8:36

And as they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch says, Look, water! What prevents me to be immersed?

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In The King James Version

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

In Context

35And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Scripture, he preached the good-news to him--the man Jesus.

37[This verse in not in the majority of the manuscripts.]

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Cross References

John 3:5Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts 10:47Can any man forbid the water for these not to be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also?

1 John 5:6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is truth.

Matthew Henry on Acts 8:27-40

Philip and the Ethiopian. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, 28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join… Read the whole commentary →

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