Acts 8:36

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 10:47 : 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
  • Titus 3:5-6 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
  • 1 John 5:6 : 6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
  • John 3:23 : 23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

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