Acts 8:36

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“As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?””

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BSBPD

“As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 8:36 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  2. John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  3. John 3:23Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
  4. Acts 10:47“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
  5. Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  6. 1 John 5:6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

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