Acts 8:36

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?

And {G1161} as {G5613} they went {G4198} on {G2596} their way {G3598}, they came {G2064} unto {G1909} a certain {G5100} water {G5204}: and {G2532} the eunuch {G2135} said {G5346}, See {G2400}, here is water {G5204}; what {G5101} doth hinder {G2967} me {G3165} to be baptized {G907}?

As they were going down the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Here’s some water! Is there any reason why I shouldn’t be immersed?”

As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

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Cross-References

  • Acts 10:47 (7 votes)

    Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

  • John 3:23 (4 votes)

    And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

  • John 3:5 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Titus 3:5 (4 votes)

    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;

  • Titus 3:6 (4 votes)

    Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

  • Ezekiel 36:25 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • 1 John 5:6 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.