Acts 8:36-38

New Testament 3 verses 80 words 32 with Strong's data
36And 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? 37And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

Word Frequency in Passage

water 3x said 3x went 2x eunuch 2x baptized 2x philip 2x way 1x came 1x certain 1x see 1x hinder 1x believest 1x heart 1x mayest 1x answered 1x believe 1x jesus 1x christ 1x son 1x god 1x

Key Terms Across Passage

water
3x in passage H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

eunuch
2x in passage H5

אֲבַגְתָא ʼĂbagthâʼ

Abagtha, a eunuch of Xerxes

Philip
2x in passage G5376

Φίλιππος Phílippos

fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites

baptized
2x in passage G907

βαπτίζω baptízō

to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordin...

went
2x in passage H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

believest
G4100

πιστεύω pisteúō

to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Chr...

hinder
H4513

מָנַע mânaʻ

to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury

chariot
H4818

מֶרְכָּבָה merkâbâh

a chariot

still
H5975

עָמַד ʻâmad

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

mayest
H3201

יָכֹל yâkôl

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

believe
H539

אָמַן ʼâman

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...

certain
H582

אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh

a man in general (singly or collectively)

stand
H5975

עָמַד ʻâmad

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

commanded
H6680

צָוָה tsâvâh

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

answered
H6030

עָנָה ʻânâh

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...

Verse-by-Verse Analysis

And as they
on their
they
unto a
and the
here is
what doth
me to be
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And
If thou
with all thine
thou
And he
and
I
that
is the
of
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And he
the
to
and they
down both into the
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and he
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Cross References for Passage

Acts 10:47

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
John 3:5

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.
John 3:23

And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Ezekiel 36:25

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.
John 4:1

When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
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