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Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. <a href="/nlt/acts/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/esv/acts/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. <a href="/bsb/acts/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/blb/acts/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And he commanded the chariot to stop. And they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. <a href="/kjv/acts/8.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/acts/8.htm">New King James Version</a> So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. <a href="/nasb_/acts/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And he ordered that the chariot stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him. <a href="/nasb/acts/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him. <a href="/nasb77/acts/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch; and he baptized him. <a href="/lsb/acts/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him. <a href="/amp/acts/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And he ordered that the chariot be stopped; and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/csb/acts/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. <a href="/hcsb/acts/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. <a href="/asv/acts/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/acts/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> He ordered the chariot to stop. Then they both went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/erv/acts/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/acts/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The official ordered the carriage to stop. He and Philip stepped into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/gnt/acts/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> The official ordered the carriage to stop, and both Philip and the official went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/isv/acts/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> So he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/msb/acts/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And Philip gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/net/acts/8.htm">NET Bible</a> So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/nheb/acts/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. <a href="/wbt/acts/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/wey/acts/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So he stopped the chariot; and both of them--Philip and the eunuch--went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/web/acts/8.htm">World English Bible</a> He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him; <a href="/blb/acts/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And he commanded the chariot to stop. And they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. <a href="/ylt/acts/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him; <a href="/slt/acts/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he ordered the chariot to stand: and both went down into the Water, both Philip and the eunuch: and he immersed him.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch: and he baptized him. <a href="/cpdv/acts/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he ordered the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch descended into the water. And he baptized him. <a href="/nabre/acts/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and he baptized him. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he commanded the chariot be stopped: and both went down into the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And he commanded to stop the chariot and the two of them went down to the water and Philippus baptized that Eunuch<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him. <a href="/godbey/acts/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both came down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. <a href="/haweis/acts/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And he bid the carriage stop: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptised him. <a href="/mace/acts/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a> so he order'd the charioteer to stop: and they went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. <a href="/wey/acts/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So he stopped the chariot; and both of them--Philip and the eunuch--went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. <a href="/worrell/acts/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he immersed him. <a href="/worsley/acts/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And he ordered the chariot to stop: and they both went down to the water, Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. <a href="/parallel/acts/8-38.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=2648" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/8.htm">Philip and the Ethiopian</a> … 38<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/2753.htm" title="2753: ekeleusen (V-AIA-3S) -- To command, order, direct, bid. From a primary kello; hail; to incite by word, i.e. Order.">he gave orders</a> <a href="/greek/2476.htm" title="2476: stēnai (V-ANA) -- A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.">to stop</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/716.htm" title="716: harma (N-ANS) -- A chariot, vehicle. Probably from airo (as a particle of union) prefixed); a chariot (compare harmos).">chariot.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Then</a> <a href="/greek/297.htm" title="297: amphoteroi (Adj-NMP) -- Both (of two). Comparative of amphi; both.">both</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5037.htm" title="5037: te (Conj) -- And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also."></a> <a href="/greek/5376.htm" title="5376: Philippos (N-NMS) -- From philos and hippos; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites.">Philip</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2135.htm" title="2135: eunouchos (N-NMS) -- From eune and echo; a castrated person; by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain.">eunuch</a> <a href="/greek/2597.htm" title="2597: katebēsan (V-AIA-3P) -- To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.">went down</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">into</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5204.htm" title="5204: hydōr (N-ANS) -- Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.">water,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/907.htm" title="907: ebaptisen (V-AIA-3S) -- Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. ">Philip baptized</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him.</a> 39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm">Matthew 3:16</a> As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him. <a href="/mark/1-9.htm">Mark 1:9-10</a> In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. / As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove. <a href="/john/3-23.htm">John 3:23</a> Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized. <a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Romans 6:3-4</a> Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? / We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. <a href="/galatians/3-27.htm">Galatians 3:27</a> For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. <a href="/colossians/2-12.htm">Colossians 2:12</a> And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">1 Peter 3:21</a> And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a> Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, <a href="/acts/2-41.htm">Acts 2:41</a> Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day. <a href="/acts/10-47.htm">Acts 10:47-48</a> “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!” / So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days. <a href="/acts/16-33.htm">Acts 16:33</a> At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized. <a href="/acts/19-5.htm">Acts 19:5</a> On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. <a href="/1_corinthians/12-13.htm">1 Corinthians 12:13</a> For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7-8</a> He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. / By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people. <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">2 Kings 5:14</a> So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.and he baptized.<a href="/john/3-22.htm">John 3:22,23</a> After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized… <a href="/john/4-1.htm">John 4:1</a> When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/8-36.htm">Baptised</a> <a href="/acts/8-36.htm">Baptized</a> <a href="/acts/8-29.htm">Carriage</a> <a href="/acts/8-30.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/acts/8-36.htm">Eunuch</a> <a href="/acts/7-53.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/acts/8-37.htm">Philip</a> <a href="/acts/7-33.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/acts/5-39.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/acts/7-57.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/acts/8-36.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/10-48.htm">Baptised</a> <a href="/acts/9-18.htm">Baptized</a> <a href="/genesis/46-29.htm">Carriage</a> <a href="/genesis/41-43.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/acts/10-33.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/acts/8-39.htm">Eunuch</a> <a href="/acts/10-42.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/acts/10-42.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/acts/8-39.htm">Philip</a> <a href="/acts/10-26.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/acts/13-10.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/acts/11-11.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/acts/8-39.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 8</div>1. <a href="/acts/8-1.htm">By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, </a> 4. <a href="/acts/8-4.htm">by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles, and baptized many;</a> 9. <a href="/acts/8-9.htm">among the rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people;</a> 14. <a href="/acts/8-14.htm">Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the church; </a> 15. <a href="/acts/8-15.htm">where, by prayer and imposition of hands giving the Holy Spirit;</a> 18. <a href="/acts/8-18.htm">when Simon would have bought the like power of them, </a> 20. <a href="/acts/8-20.htm">Peter sharply reproving his hypocrisy and covetousness, </a> 22. <a href="/acts/8-22.htm">and exhorting him to repentance, </a> 25. <a href="/acts/8-25.htm">together with John preaching the word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem;</a> 26. <a href="/acts/8-26.htm">but the angel sends Philip to teach and baptize the Ethiopian Eunuch.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And he gave orders to stop the chariot. This phrase highlights the eunuch's eagerness and immediate response to the Gospel message. In the ancient world, chariots were a common mode of transportation for officials and people of status, indicating the eunuch's high position in the Ethiopian court. The act of stopping the chariot signifies a decisive moment of faith and obedience. This mirrors the urgency and importance of responding to God's call, as seen in other biblical accounts such as the calling of the disciples (<a href="/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18-22</a>).Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, The act of going down into the water signifies the physical and symbolic act of baptism. Baptism in the early church was typically by immersion, symbolizing the believer's identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (<a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Romans 6:3-4</a>). The location of this event is traditionally believed to be along the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, a route that would have had access to bodies of water suitable for baptism. This joint action of both Philip and the eunuch emphasizes the communal and public nature of baptism as a declaration of faith.and Philip baptized him. Baptism here is an outward expression of the eunuch's inward faith and acceptance of Jesus as the Messiah. Philip, one of the seven deacons chosen in <a href="/acts/6.htm">Acts 6</a>, acts as the minister of this sacrament, highlighting the role of church leaders in administering baptism. This event fulfills the Great Commission (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a>), where Jesus commands His followers to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The inclusion of the Ethiopian eunuch, a Gentile and a eunuch, underscores the breaking of cultural and religious barriers, fulfilling the prophecy of <a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Isaiah 56:3-5</a>, which speaks of eunuchs being included in God's covenant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/philip.htm">Philip</a> One of the seven deacons chosen in <a href="/bsb/acts/6.htm">Acts 6</a>, Philip is an evangelist who plays a crucial role in spreading the Gospel beyond Jerusalem. In <a href="/bsb/acts/8.htm">Acts 8</a>, he is led by the Holy Spirit to meet the Ethiopian eunuch. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_ethiopian_eunuch.htm">The Ethiopian Eunuch</a> A high-ranking official in charge of the treasury of the Queen of the Ethiopians. He is a God-fearer who is returning from worshiping in Jerusalem and is reading the book of Isaiah when Philip meets him. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_chariot.htm">The Chariot</a> The mode of transportation for the Ethiopian eunuch. It becomes the setting for the divine encounter and subsequent baptism. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_water.htm">The Water</a> The body of water where the eunuch is baptized. Its presence signifies the readiness and immediacy of the eunuch's decision to follow Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/b/baptism.htm">Baptism</a> The act of being immersed in water as a public declaration of faith in Jesus Christ. It symbolizes the eunuch's acceptance of the Gospel and his new life in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_the_holy_spirit.htm">Obedience to the Holy Spirit</a> Philip's willingness to follow the Spirit's leading demonstrates the importance of being sensitive and obedient to God's guidance in our evangelistic efforts. <a href="/topical/t/the_universality_of_the_gospel.htm">The Universality of the Gospel</a> The conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch highlights that the Gospel is for all people, regardless of nationality or social status. <a href="/topical/i/immediate_response_to_the_gospel.htm">Immediate Response to the Gospel</a> The eunuch's immediate desire to be baptized upon understanding the Gospel shows the importance of responding promptly to God's call. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_scripture_in_evangelism.htm">The Role of Scripture in Evangelism</a> Philip uses the Scriptures to explain the Gospel, emphasizing the power and necessity of God's Word in sharing the faith. <a href="/topical/b/baptism_as_a_public_declaration.htm">Baptism as a Public Declaration</a> The act of baptism is a public testimony of one's faith and commitment to Jesus Christ, symbolizing a transformation and new beginning.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 8</a> <a href="/q/who_was_philip_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Philip in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_a_missionary_baptist_church.htm">What is a Missionary Baptist Church?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_being_and_existence.htm">What are the steps to get baptized?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_baptism_correctly_performed.htm">What is the correct method for performing baptism?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(38) They went down both into the water.--The Greek preposition might mean simply "unto the water," but the universality of immersion in the practice of the early Church supports the English version. The eunuch would lay aside his garments, descend chest-deep into the water, and be plunged under it "in the name of the Lord Jesus;" the only formula recognised in the Acts. (See Note on <a href="/acts/2-38.htm" title="Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.">Acts 2:38</a>.) So it was, in the half-playful language in which many of the Fathers delighted, that "the Ethiopian changed his skin" (<a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm" title="Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.">Jeremiah 13:23</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 38. - Both went down for went down both, A.V. Nothing can be more graphic than the simple narrative of this interesting and important baptism. Surely Luke must have heard it from Philip's own mouth (see <a href="/acts/21-8.htm">Acts 21:8-10</a>). <a href="/commentaries/acts/8-38.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. he gave orders ἐκέλευσεν (ekeleusen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2753.htm">Strong's 2753: </a> To command, order, direct, bid. From a primary kello; 'hail'; to incite by word, i.e. Order. to stop στῆναι (stēnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_2476.htm">Strong's 2476: </a> A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. chariot. ἅρμα (harma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_716.htm">Strong's 716: </a> A chariot, vehicle. Probably from airo (as a particle of union) prefixed); a chariot (compare harmos). Then καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. both ἀμφότεροι (amphoteroi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_297.htm">Strong's 297: </a> Both (of two). Comparative of amphi; both. Philip Φίλιππος (Philippos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5376.htm">Strong's 5376: </a> From philos and hippos; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. eunuch εὐνοῦχος (eunouchos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2135.htm">Strong's 2135: </a> From eune and echo; a castrated person; by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain. went down κατέβησαν (katebēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2597.htm">Strong's 2597: </a> To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend. into εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. water, ὕδωρ (hydōr) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5204.htm">Strong's 5204: </a> Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [Philip] baptized ἐβάπτισεν (ebaptisen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_907.htm">Strong's 907: </a> Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize. him. αὐτόν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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