“And as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, Behold, water; what hinders me from being baptized?” (v. 36). Plainly Philip had spoken to him about much more than the simple plan of salvation. The Ethiopian eunuch is a contrast to Simon the sorcerer. Simon had mental reservations and no heart submission to the truth. The Ethiopian gave complete heart submission to the truth about Christ and was prepared to obey all he had learned. The exclamation “Behold, water”