Verse 36
Acts 8:36
King James Version
36
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?
Original Language Text
greek
ὡς δὲ ἐπορεύοντο κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἦλθον ἐπί τι ὕδωρ, καί φησιν ὁ εὐνοῦχος· Ἰδοὺ ὕδωρ, τί κωλύει με ⸀βαπτισθῆναι;
English Translation
As they were going along the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water; what prevents me from being baptized?"
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Chapter 8 Context
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And devout men carried Stephen
to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
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As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women commi...
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Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
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Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
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And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing th...
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For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed
with them: and man...
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And there was great joy in that city.
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But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewit...
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To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of G...
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And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
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But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God (Elohim), and the n...
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Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered,...
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Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God (Elohi...
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Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
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(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Yashua...
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Then laid they
their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
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And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offere...
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Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
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But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God...
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Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God (Elohi...
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Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God (Elohim), if perhaps the thought of thine hear...
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For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and
in
the bond of iniquity.
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Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have s...
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And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and prea...
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And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way tha...
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And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace qu...
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Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
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Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
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And Philip ran thither to
him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou w...
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And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up...
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The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like...
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In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life i...
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And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself...
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Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Yashua (Jesus).
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And as they went on
their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See,
here is wat...
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And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I be...
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And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and...
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And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eun...
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But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to C...
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