What does Acts 8:37 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And 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."
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Verse 37. _I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD._] He believed that Jesus, whom Philip preached to him, was THE CHRIST or _Messiah_, and consequently the _Son of God_. This whole verse is om...
AND PHILIP SAID ... - This was stated by Philip as the proper qualification for making a profession of religion. The terms are: * “Faith,” that is, a reception of Jesus as a Saviour; yielding the mi...
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. Philip appears again; we are not told where, but the instruction given him by the angel shows that he was not at Jerusalem; he is to go southward (_mg._ at noon; not s...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
Most texts omit this verse. The Revised Version puts it in the margin. WITH. out of. Greek. _ek._ SON. Greek. _huios_. App-108. See also App-98....
_And Philip said. If thou believest with all thine hearty thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God_ The whole of this verse is omitted in the oldest MSS. It...
PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
_THE ETHIOPIAN OBEYS THE GOSPEL ACTS 8:36-40:_ God is concerned about the redemption of one lost soul. The Lord uses people like Philip to convert other people like the Ethiopian. A part of conversion...
О проблемах толкования этого стиха _см._ ТС, 359-60; Barrett....
DISCOURSE: 1761 THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH’S CONFESSION Acts 8:37. _I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God_. CIRCUMSTANCES, apparently casual, are often productive of the most important results. The...
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD.— This passage fully proves that Philip had opened to the eunuch the doctrine of Christ's Divinity; and indeed if he had not done it, he must have given h...
D. THE LATER WORK OF PHILIP. Acts 8:26-40. 1. ON THE ROAD FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA. Acts 8:26-39. Acts 8:26 But an angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto t...
37. By almost universal consent of recent critics, the whole of this verse is excluded from the original text, and should be from all versions. For the reasons on which this decision is based, we refe...
And 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. [AND PHILIP SAID, IF THOU BELIEVEST WITH ALL THINE HEA...
26 It is notable that the messenger, or angel, who spoke to Philip is also called "the spirit" (29) and "the spirit of the Lord" (39). This suggests that these expressions may refer to created beings...
8:37 (c-0) Ver. 37 in the Authorized Version is recognized as not genuine....
PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquainta...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much. A...
AND PHILIP SAID.... — The verse is a striking illustration of the tendency which showed itself at a very early period to improve the text of Scripture with a view to greater edification. It existed in...
WINNING A TRAVELER Acts 8:26-40 From the great city revival in Samaria Philip was led to the desert to minister to one seeking soul. It seems strange that God should be able to spare him from his bu...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
Preaching to the Ethiopian At this point, Luke told Theophilus that Philip was directed by an angel of the Lord to go south to a place along the Jerusalem to Gaza road where no people lived. When an...
(13) And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, (n) I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (13) Profession of faith is required of those b...
_If thou believest, &c. The Scripture many times mentions one disposition, when others no less necessary are supposed, as here a sorrow for sins, a firm hope, love of God, &c. (Witham) --- Faith is th...
THE CONVERSION OF THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH 26-40. After the apostles have completed their Samaritan tour and returned to Jerusalem, leaving Philip surrounded by hosts of his converts pressing the battle,...
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. (27) And he arose and went: and, behold, a m...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
AND PHILIP SAID, IF THOU BELIEVEST WITH ALL THINE HEART, THOU MAYEST,.... Intimating, that if he did not believe, he had no right to that ordinance; though he was a proselyte to the Jewish religion, a...
And 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. Ver. 37. _Is the Son of God_] Both by eternal generation...
_And as they went on their way_ Discoursing together of the person and sufferings of Christ, and of the method of salvation by him; _they came to a certain water_ For even the circumstances of the jou...
WITH ALL THY HEART; if you are heartily convinced that Jesus is the Messiah, and trust in him for salvation. I BELIEVE; I receive him as my Saviour....
The baptism of the eunuch:...
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
THEN PHILIP SAID, " IF YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART, YOU MAY. " AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID, " I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD. " 1. In every situation of teaching the lost, we must beg...
[And Philip said, If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said,. believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.] Point to Note: In the NASV this verse is in brackets, and...
26-40 Philip was directed to go to a desert. Sometimes God opens a door of opportunity to his ministers in very unlikely places. We should study to do good to those we come into company with by trave...
WITH ALL THINE HEART: a verbal profession is not a sufficient believing, ROMANS 10:10 though we can discern no other, yet God can, and will not he mocked: Philip, in God's name, requires a faith with...
37. By almost universal consent of recent critics, the whole of this verse is excluded from the original text, and should be from all versions. For the reasons on which this decision is based, we refe...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III [Philip declared] that this was Jesus, and that the Scripture was fulfilled in Him; as did also the believing eunuch himself: and, immediately requesting to be bapt...
Acts 8:37 Then G1161 Philip G5376 said G2036 (G5627) If G1487 believe G4100 (G5719) with G1537 your G3650 heart G2588 may G1832 (G5748) And G1161 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) believe G4100...
THE MINISTRY OF PHILIP TO THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH (8:26-39). Meanwhile God was now satisfied that the Samaritan church was sufficiently equipped to carry on and He calls Philip elsewhere to where there...
Acts 8:37. This verse is one of the very few important doctrinal passages of the New Testament which the studies of late years on the subject of textual criticism have affected. The devout student of...
AND The best authorities omit v. 37....
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
IF YOU BELIEVE. Philip asks for a formal declaration of faith. 1 BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD. This is the "Ultimate declaration!" See Romans 10:9-10; 1 Peter 3:21....
_And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go._ MAN VERSUS ANGEL Why didn’t the angel go himself? Because this was a mission where a man was worth more than an angel. In the Lo...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:18. AND WHEN SIMON SAW.—Most likely through hearing the baptised speak with tongues. HE OFFERED THEM MONEY.—From Simon’s name and proposal arose the expression “Simony” for...
EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 John 4:15; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:5; 1 Peter 3:21; Acts 9:20; Acts 2:38; Acts 2:39; Acts 8:12;...
The best texts omit this verse....
THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH Acts 8:26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The subject of our sermon today, is "The Ethiopian Eunuch." There is a wonderful vision of God given in the 68th Psalm. After the Prophet has ascri...