Acts 8:36

Moreover, as they-have-been-being-gone down the way, they-come upon some water, and the eunuch is-asserting, "Behold, water. What[?] is-hindering me to-be-immersed[?]"

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

35Moreover, the Philip, open[ing]-up the mouth of{same}, and initiate[ing]/initiated from of{the scripture, the-same}, good-message-izes to{same} the Jesus.

37Moreover, he-says to{same}, "If you-are-believing out of{the whole heart} of{you} it-is-being-permitted." Moreover, respond[ing], he-says, "I-am-believing the Son of{the God} to-be-being Jesus Anointed,"

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Cross References

John 3:5Jesus responds, "Amen, amen I-am-saying to{you}, if-supposing no any/someone would-be-begotten out of{water} and of{spirit}, he-is_not_being-enabled to-come-into into the kingdom of{the God}.

Acts 10:47"Not-what[?], who[?] is-being-enabled to-hinder the water, of{the[singular]} not[?] to-be-immersed, the-same[plural], the-who[plural] take the Spirit, the Holy, as also we[?]"

1 John 5:6The-same is-being the come[ing] through of{water} and of{blood}, Jesus Anointed, not in to{the water} only; contrariwise, in to{the water} and in to{the blood}, and the Spirit is-being the witnessing that the Spirit is-being the 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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