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Acts 8:38

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

KJV

καὶ ἐκέλευσεν στῆναι τὸ ἅρμα, καὶ κατέβησαν ἀμφότεροι εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ ὅ τε Φίλιππος καὶ ὁ εὐνοῦχος, καὶ ἐβάπτισεν αὐτόν.

Greek NT

Et jussit stare currum : et descenderunt uterque in aquam, Philippus et eunuchus, et baptizavit eum.

Vulgate

And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

ASV

And he commanded the chariot to stand still. And they went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch. And he baptized him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φίλιππος
philippos
noun · 36×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βαπτίζω
baptizo
verb · 77×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐνοῦχος
eunouchos
noun · 8×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
κελεύω
keleuo
verb · 26×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἀμφότερος
amphoteros
adjective · 14×
ἅρμα
arma
noun · 4×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὕδωρ
udor
noun · 76×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer, into the name of the Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost; to show forth, in a solemn and beautiful emblem, our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior, with its effect in our death to sin and resurrection to a new life; that it is prerequisite to the privileges of a church relation; and to the Lord'…

Cross-references

  • Acts 16:15 — And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
  • John 4:1 — When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,