Acts 8:34

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Then the eunuch said to Philip,“Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about– himself or someone else?”

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  • Matt 2:2-4 : 2 saying,“Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
  • Matt 13:36 : 36 Explanation for the Disciples Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying,“Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.”
  • Matt 15:15 : 15 But Peter said to him,“Explain this parable to us.”

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    35So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

    36Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said,“Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”

  • Acts 8:24-33
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    24But Simon replied,“You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”

    25So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

    26Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip,“Get up and go south on 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 eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship,

    28and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah.

    29Then the Spirit said to Philip,“Go over and join this chariot.”

    30So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him,“Do you understand what you’re reading?”

    31The man replied,“How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

    32Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this:“He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

    33In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth.”

  • Acts 8:38-40
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    38So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

    39Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.

    40Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

  • Acts 8:5-6
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    5Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

    6The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

  • John 1:21-23
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    21So they asked him,“Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said,“I am not!”“Are you the Prophet?” He answered,“No!”

    22Then they said to him,“Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

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    7The king asked them,“Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”

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    36The man replied,“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”

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    25So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

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  • John 7:40
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  • Luke 10:26
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    32He looked up at the window and said,“Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

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