Acts 8:36 - Exposition

The way for their way, A.V.; saith for said, A.V.; behold for see, A.V. Here is water . "When we were at Tell-el-Hasy, and saw the water standing along the bottom of the adjacent wady, we could not but remark the coincidence of several circumstances with the account of the eunuch's baptism. This water is on the most direct road from Belt Jibrin (Eleutheroplis) to Gaza, on the most southern road from Jerusalem, and in the midst of a country now 'desert,' i.e. without villages or fixed habitations. There is no other similar water on this road". There were three roads from Jerusalem to Gaza, of which the one above described still exists, " and actually passes through the desert". What doth hinder me to be baptized ! This question clearly shows that the doctrine of baptism had formed part of Philip's preaching, as it had of Peter ( Acts 2:18 ).