Acts 8:38

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He ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

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  • John 4:1 : 1 When the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John,
  • John 3:22-23 : 22 After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized. 23 John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized.

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  • Acts 8:34-37
    4 verses
    88%

    34The eunuch said to Philip, 'I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself or someone else?'

    35Then Philip began to speak, and starting from this Scripture, he preached to him the good news about Jesus.

    36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'Look, here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?'

    37Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' The eunuch answered, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'

  • Acts 8:39-40
    2 verses
    87%

    39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

    40Philip, however, was found at Azotus, and as he traveled, he preached the good news in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

  • Acts 8:25-32
    8 verses
    82%

    25When they had testified and proclaimed the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the good news to many Samaritan villages.

    26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' (This is a desert road.)

    27So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and an important official in charge of all the treasury of the queen of the Ethiopians, known as Candace, who had gone to Jerusalem to worship.

    28He was on his way home, sitting in his chariot and reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

    29The Spirit said to Philip, 'Go up to that chariot and stay near it.'

    30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?'

    31The man replied, 'How can I understand unless someone guides me?' And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

    32The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.'

  • Acts 8:12-17
    6 verses
    79%

    12But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

    13Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip, and he marveled as he watched the signs and miracles that were happening.

    14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

    15When they arrived, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit,

    16For the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 8:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed Christ to them.

    6The crowds, united in one mind, paid close attention to what Philip was saying as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

  • Acts 10:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

    48So he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

  • Mark 1:8-10
    3 verses
    70%

    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

  • Acts 2:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    37When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'

    38Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 19:5
    70%

    5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • John 3:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

    23John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized.

  • John 1:43-44
    2 verses
    69%

    43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, He said to him, 'Follow Me.'

    44Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

  • Acts 16:33
    69%

    33At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. Then he and all his household were baptized immediately.

  • Acts 19:3
    68%

    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

  • Acts 22:16
    68%

    16And now, why delay? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.

  • Matt 3:13
    68%

    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

  • Matt 3:16
    67%

    16After Jesus was baptized, He immediately came up from the water. At that moment, the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him.

  • Acts 11:16
    67%

    16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

  • 2 Kgs 2:8
    67%

    8Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
    67%

    11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

  • Acts 1:5
    66%

    5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

  • Mark 16:16
    66%

    16'Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.'

  • Acts 21:8
    66%

    8The next day, we left and went to Caesarea. There we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the seven, and stayed with him.

  • Acts 9:18
    66%

    18At once, something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized.

  • John 1:28
    66%

    28This all happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • Acts 8:8
    66%

    8So there was great joy in that city.

  • Matt 28:19
    66%

    19'Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,'

  • John 3:26
    66%

    26So they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified—look, He is baptizing, and everyone is coming to Him.'