Acts 8:36

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And as they went on their way, they came vnto a certayne water, and the Eunuche sayde: See, here is water, what doth let me to be baptized?

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  • Acts 10:47 : 47 Can any man forbid water, that these shoulde not be baptized, which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we?
  • Titus 3:5-6 : 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost, 6 Which he shed on vs richlie through Iesus Christe our sauiour:
  • 1 John 5:6 : 6 This Iesus Christe, is he that came by water and blood: not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse, because the spirite is trueth.
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then wyll I sprinckle cleane water vpon you, and ye shalbe cleane: yea from all your vncleannes and from all your idols shall I cleanse you.
  • John 3:5 : 5 Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God.
  • John 3:23 : 23 And Iohn also baptized in Enon, besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

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  • Acts 8:37-40
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    88%

    37 Philip sayde vnto hym If thou beleuest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he aunswered, and saide: I beleue that Iesus Christe is the sonne of God.

    38 And he commaunded the charet to stande styll: and they went downe both into the water, both Philip and also the Eunuche: and he baptized hym.

    39 And assoone as they were come out of the water, the spirite of ye Lorde caught away Philip, that the Eunuche sawe hym no more. And he went on his way reioycyng.

    40 But Philip was founde at Azotus. And he walked throughout the countrey, preachyng in all the cities, tyll he came to Cesarea.

  • Acts 8:34-35
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    34 And the Eunuche aunswered Philip, and sayde: I pray thee of whom speaketh the prophete this? Of hym selfe, or of some other man?

    35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached vnto hym Iesus.

  • Acts 8:26-32
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    26 And the Angell of the Lorde spake vnto Philip, saying: Aryse, and go towarde the South, vnto the waye that goeth downe from Hierusalem vnto Gaza, which is desert.

    27 And he arose, & went on: and behold a man of Ethiopia, an Eunuch, & of great auctoritie with Candace, Queene of the Ethiopias, & had the rule of all her treasure, came to Hierusale for to worship.

    28 And as he returned home agayne, sittyng in his charet, he read Esaias the prophete.

    29 Then the spirite said vnto Philip: Go neare, & ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet.

    30 And Philip ran thither to him, & heard hym reade the prophete Esaias, & saide: vnderstandest thou what thou readest?

    31 And he said: how can I, except I had a guyde? And he desired Philip that he woulde come vp, and sit with hym.

    32 The tenour of the scripture which he read, was this: He was ledde as a sheepe to the slaughter, & lyke a lambe dumbe before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.

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    47 Can any man forbid water, that these shoulde not be baptized, which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we?

    48 And he commaunded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes.

  • Acts 8:12-13
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    12 But assoone as they gaue credence to Philips preachyng of the kyngdome of God, and of the name of Iesus Christe, they were baptized, both men & wome.

    13 Then Simon him selfe beleued also: And whe he was baptized, he continued with Philip, & wondred, beholding the miracles & signes which were shewed.

  • Acts 19:3-5
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    3 And he sayde vnto them: Unto what then were ye baptized? And they sayde: vnto Iohns baptisme.

    4 Then sayde Paul: Iohn veryly baptized with the baptisme of repentaunce, saying vnto the people, that they should beleue on hym which shoulde come after hym, that is, on Christe Iesus.

    5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lorde Iesu.

  • 16 And nowe why taryest thou? aryse, & be baptized, & wasshe away thy sinnes, in callyng on the name of the Lorde.

  • John 3:22-23
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    22 After these thynges, came Iesus and his disciples into the lande of Iurie, and there he taryed with the, & baptized.

    23 And Iohn also baptized in Enon, besides Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

  • Matt 3:13-16
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    13 Then commeth Iesus from Galilee to Iordane, vnto Iohn, to be baptized of hym.

    14 But Iohn forbad hym, saying. I haue nede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?

    15 Iesus aunsweryng, sayde vnto hym: Suffer it to be so nowe. For thus it becommeth vs, to fulfyll all righteousnes. Then he suffred hym.

    16 And Iesus, when he was baptized, came strayghtwaye out of the water, and loe the heauens was open vnto hym, and (Iohn) sawe the spirite of God descendyng lyke a doue, and lyghtyng vpon hym.

  • Acts 8:5-6
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    5 Then came Philip into the citie of Samaria, & preached Christe vnto the.

    6 And the people gaue heede vnto those thynges whiche Philip spake with one accorde, hearyng and seing the miracles which he dyd.

  • Mark 1:8-9
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    8 I haue baptized you with water: but he shal baptize you with the holy ghost.

    9 And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came fro Nazareth, of Galilee, & was baptized of Iohn in Iordane.

  • 26 And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym.

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37 Nowe when they hearde this, they were pricked in their heartes, and sayde vnto Peter, & vnto the other Apostles: Ye men & brethren, what shall we do?

    38 Then Peter sayde vnto them: Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost.

  • 16 Then came it to my remembraunce, howe that the Lorde sayde: Iohn baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy ghost.

  • 16 He that beleueth, and is baptized, shalbe saued: But he that beleueth not, shalbe dampned.

  • 33 And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, and wasshed their woundes, and was baptized hym selfe, & all they of his householde strayghtway.

  • 43 The day folowyng, Iesus woulde go into Galilee, & founde Philip, and sayth vnto hym, folowe me.

  • 5 For Iohn truely baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy ghost, after these fewe dayes.

  • 38 He that beleueth on me, as saith the scripture, out of his belly shall flowe ryuers of water of lyfe.

  • 28 These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Iohn dyd baptize.

  • 30 And brought them out, & sayde: Syrs, what must I do to be saued?

  • 18 And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had ben scales, & he receaued syght foorthwith, and arose, and was baptized,

  • 15 And when she was baptized, and her householde, she besought vs, saying: Yf ye haue iudged me to be faythfull to the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs.

  • John 1:25-26
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    25 And they asked hym, and sayde vnto hym: Why baptizest thou then, yf thou be not Christe, nor Elias, neither that prophete?

    26 Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not,

  • 39 And they sayde vnto hym: that we can. Iesus sayde vnto them: ye shall in deede drynke of the cup that I drynke of, and with the baptisme that I am baptized withall, shall ye be baptized:

  • Acts 8:15-16
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    15 Which when they were come downe, prayed for the that they myght receaue the holy ghost.

    16 (For as yet he was come downe vpon none of them, but they were baptized only in the name of Christ Iesu.)

  • 36 He aunswered and sayde: Who is he Lorde, that I myght beleue on hym?