Acts 8:36-37

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 8:36

On = down. Greek. kata. App-104 . See = Behold. Greek. idou. App-133 . read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 8:37

Most texts omit this verse. The Revised Version puts it in the margin. with = out of. Greek. ek. Son. Greek. huios . App-108 . See also App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 8:36

And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.The request for baptism on the part of the eunuch was the immediate and direct result of Philip's preaching unto him Jesus; and in this is manifest the fact that preaching Jesus means preaching baptism for the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 8:36

Acts 8:36. They came unto a certain water:— Τι υδωρ, a certain water, seems to be of diminutive signification, and to intimate, that it was not water of any depth: and Jerome, Sandys, and other travellers, speak of it as a certain spring or fountain, that rises at the foot of a mountain in the tribe of Judah or Benjamin, whose waters are sucked in by the same ground that produces them; and they report that this was the place where the eunuch was baptized by Philip. See Hieron. de Locis Hebr.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 8:37

Acts 8:37. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.— This passage fully proves that Philip had opened to the eunuch the doctrine of Christ's Divinity; and indeed if he had not done it, he must have given him a very imperfect account of the gospel. See ch. Acts 13:33. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 8:36

36. See, here is water—more simply, "Behold water!" as if already his mind filled with light and his soul set free, he was eagerly looking out for the first water in which he might seal his reception of the truth and be enrolled among the visible disciples of the Lord Jesus. what doth hinder me to be baptized?—Philip had probably told him that this was the ordained sign and seal of discipleship, but the eunuch's question was likely the first proposal of its application in this case. ( :- is... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 8:37

34-38. And the eunuch answered, I pray thee, c.—The respect with which he here addresses Philip was prompted by his reverence for one whom he perceived to be his superior in divine things his own worldly position sinking before this. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 8:26-40

2. Philip’s ministry to the Ethiopian eunuch 8:26-40Luke recorded this incident to show the method and direction of the church’s expansion to God-fearing Gentiles who were attracted to Judaism at this time. The Ethiopian eunuch had visited Jerusalem to worship, was studying the Old Testament, and was open to instruction by a Jew. Therefore he was much more sympathetic to the Christians’ gospel than the average Gentile. This man appears to have been the first full-fledged Gentile that Luke... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 8:36-38

The road on which this conversation took place crossed several stream beds that empty water from the higher elevations into the Mediterranean Sea during the wetter months. Even though the land generally was desert, water was not entirely absent at some times of the year. The Ethiopian may have already known about water baptism since he had an interest in Judaism. The Jews required water baptism of Gentile converts. Philip may have instructed him further on the importance of baptism (cf. Acts... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 8:37

8:37 (c-0) Ver. 37 in the Authorized Version is recognized as not genuine. read more

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