Acts 8:36
As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?" [
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In Context
35Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus.
Cross References
John 3:5Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God!
Acts 10:47"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
1 John 5:6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is 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 →