Acts 8:36

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³⁶And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch ^*said, “Look! Water! ^aWhat prevents me from being baptized?”

*Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.

And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?”

As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”

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?”

As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look! There’s some water! Why can’t I be baptized?”

And as they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”

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?

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