Acts 8
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Acts 8:27-40

27SoG2532 he gotG450 readyG450 and wentG4198; and 12there was an EthiopianG128 eunuchG2135, a courtG1413 officialG1413 of 3CandaceG2582, queenG938 of the EthiopiansG128, whoG3739 was inG1909 chargeG1909 of allG3956 her treasureG1047; and he 4had comeG2064 to JerusalemG2419 to worshipG4352, 28and he was returningG5290 and sittingG2521 in his 5chariotG716, and was readingG314 IsaiahG2268 the prophetG4396. 29ThenG2532 6the SpiritG4151 saidG3004 to PhilipG5376, “GoG4334 upG4334 and joinG2853 thisG3778 7chariotG716.” 30PhilipG5376 ranG4370 upG4370 and heardG191 him readingG314 IsaiahG2268 the prophetG4396, and saidG3004, “Do you understandG1097 whatG3739 you are readingG314?” 31And he saidG3004, “WellG1063, howG4459 couldG1410 I, unlessG1437G3361 someoneG5100 guidesG3594 me?” And he invitedG3870 PhilipG5376 to comeG305 upG305 and sitG2523 with him. 32NowG1161 the passageG4042 of ScriptureG1124 whichG3739 he was readingG314 was thisG3778: “8He was ledG71 like a sheepG4263 to slaughterG4967; And like a lambG286 that is silentG880 beforeG1726 its shearerG2751, SoG3779 He does not openG455 His mouthG4750.339In humiliationG5014 His justiceG2920 was takenG142 awayG142; WhoG5101 will 10describeG1334 His 11generationG1074? For His lifeG2222 is takenG142 awayG142 from the earthG1093.” 34The eunuchG2135 answeredG611 PhilipG5376 and saidG3004, “PleaseG1189 tell me, of whomG5101 does the prophetG4396 sayG3004 thisG3778? Of himselfG1438, orG2228 of someoneG5100 elseG2087?” 35ThenG2532 PhilipG5376 12openedG455 his mouthG4750, and 13beginningG757 from thisG3778 ScriptureG1124 he 14preachedG2097 JesusG2424 to him. 36As they wentG4198 alongG2596 the roadG3598 they cameG2064 to someG5100 waterG5204; and the eunuchG2135 saidG5346, “LookG2400! WaterG5204! 15WhatG5101 preventsG2967 me from being baptizedG907?”16 38And he orderedG2753 that the 17chariotG716 stopG2476; and they bothG297 wentG2597 downG2597 into the waterG5204, PhilipG5376 asG5037 wellG5037 as the eunuchG2135, and he baptizedG907 him. 39WhenG3753 they cameG305 upG305 out of the waterG5204, 18the SpiritG4151 of the LordG2962 snatchedG726 PhilipG5376 awayG726; and the eunuchG2135 noG3765 longerG3765 sawG3708 him, 19but wentG4198 on his wayG3598 rejoicingG5463. 40But PhilipG5376 20foundG2147 himself at 2122AzotusG108, and as he passedG1330 throughG1330 he 23kept preachingG2097 the gospelG2097 to allG3956 the citiesG4172, untilG2193 he cameG2064 to 24CaesareaG2542.

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  1. 1. Acts 8:27 Lit behold, an Ethiopian ↩
  2. 2. Acts 8:27 Ps 68:31; 87:4; Is 56:3ff ↩
  3. 3. Acts 8:27 Possibly an Ethiopian title: the Candace ↩
  4. 4. Acts 8:27 1 Kin 8:41f; John 12:20 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 8:28 Or carriage ↩
  6. 6. Acts 8:29 Acts 8:39; 10:19; 11:12; 13:2; 16:6, 7; 20:23; 21:11; 28:25; Heb 3:7 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 8:29 Or carriage ↩
  8. 8. Acts 8:32 Is 53:7 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 8:33 Is 53:8 ↩
  10. 10. Acts 8:33 Or relate ↩
  11. 11. Acts 8:33 Or family history ↩
  12. 12. Acts 8:35 Matt 5:2 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 8:35 Luke 24:27; Acts 17:2; 18:28; 28:23 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 8:35 Acts 5:42 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 8:36 Acts 10:47 ↩
  16. 16. Acts 8:36 Late mss add as v 37: And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” ↩
  17. 17. Acts 8:38 Or carriage ↩
  18. 18. Acts 8:39 1 Kin 18:12; 2 Kin 2:16; Ezek 3:12, 14; 8:3; 11:1, 24; 43:5; 2 Cor 12:2 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 8:39 Lit for he was going ↩
  20. 20. Acts 8:40 Or was found ↩
  21. 21. Acts 8:40 OT: Ashdod ↩
  22. 22. Acts 8:40 Josh 11:22; 1 Sam 5:1 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 8:40 Acts 8:25 ↩
  24. 24. Acts 8:40 Acts 9:30; 10:1, 24; 11:11; 12:19; 18:22; 21:8, 16; 23:23, 33; 25:1, 4, 6, 13 ↩

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