Acts 8:36–39

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^8:36Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me⁹¹ from being baptized?”⁹²^8:38So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water,⁹³ and Philip baptized⁹⁴ him. ^8:39Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but⁹⁵ went on his way rejoicing.⁹⁶

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91 Or “What prevents me.” The rhetorical question means, “I should get baptized, right?”
92 A few later (E 36 323 453 945 1739 1891 ) add, with minor variations, 8:37 “He said to him, ‘If you believe with your whole heart, you may.’ He replied, ‘I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’ ” Verse 37 is lacking in {𝔓45, 74 א A B C 33 614 vg syp,h co}. It is clearly not a part of the original text of Acts. The variant is significant in showing how some in the early church viewed a confession of faith. The present translation follows in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.
93 Grk “and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch.” Since this is somewhat redundant in English, it was simplified to “and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water.”
94 Philip baptized. Again, someone beyond the Twelve has ministered an ordinance of faith.
95 γάρ 2 indicates that under certain circumstances γάρ (gar) has the same meaning as δέ (de).
96 Note that the response to the gospel is rejoicing (joy, cf. Acts 11:23; 13:48).

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As they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look, there’s water. What would keep me from being baptized?” So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any longer but went on his way rejoicing.