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Acts 8:38 KJV
Acts · chapter 8 · verse 38
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.Acts 8:38 · King James Version
Acts 8:38 in context
36And 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?
37And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
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Key words (Strong's)
- commandedkeleuōto command, to orderG2753 →
- baptizedbaptizōto dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge , to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to…G907 →
- chariotharmaa chariot, of war chariots , chariotsG716 →
- PhilipphilipposPhilip = " lover of horses" , an apostle of Christ, an evangelist and one of the…G5376 →
- eunucheunouchosa bed keeper, bed guard, superintendent of the bedchamber, chamberlain, in the palace of…G2135 →
- stillhistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
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We have here the story of the conversion of an Ethiopian eunuch to the faith of Christ, by whom, we have reason to think, the knowledge of Christ was sent into that country where he lived, and that scripture fulfilled, Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands (one of the first of the nations) unto God, Psa 68:31. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-40