George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Acts 8:36
Here is water. This shews, that baptism is to be given with water. (Witham)
Here is water. This shews, that baptism is to be given with water. (Witham)
Verse 36. _SEE_, HERE IS _WATER_] He was not willing to omit the first opportunity that presented itself of his taking upon _himself_ the _profession of the Gospel_. By this we may see that Philip had...
AS THEY WENT ON THEIR WAY - In their journey. A CERTAIN WATER - The expression used here does not determine whether this was a river, a brook, or a standing pool. And there are no circumstances to det...
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...
The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip and said, "Rise and go to the south by the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza; that is Gaza in the desert." So he arose and went. Now, look you, an Ethiop...
ON. down. Greek. _kata._ App-104. SEE. Behold. Greek. _idou._ App-133....
_And as they went on their_[the] _way_ We must suppose that Philip travelled for some time with the eunuch, for not only has he explained that in Jesus was fulfilled all that the prophets had spoken c...
PHILIP BAPTIZES AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH...
ὩΣ ΔῈ ἘΠΟΡΕΎΟΝΤΟ ΚΑΤᾺ ΤῊΝ ὉΔΌΝ, _and as they went on the way_. We must suppose that Philip travelled for some time with the eunuch, for not only has he explained that in Jesus was fulfilled all that t...
_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...
ΈΠΟΡΕΎΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 8:26. ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 8:27. ΚΩΛΎΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΩΛΎΩ (G2967) предотвращать, запрещать, ΒΑΠΤΙΣΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf. от_ ΒΑΠΤΊ...
THEY CAME UNTO A CERTAIN WATER:— Τι υδωρ, _a certain water,_ seems to be of _diminutive_ signification, and to intimate, that it was not water of any depth: and Jerome, Sandys, and other travellers, s...
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 th...
36. "_And as they went along the road, they came to certain water. And the eunuch said, What hinders me to be immersed?_" The appearance of the water to which they had come suggested this question, bu...
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? AND AS THEY WENT ON THEIR WAY, THEY CAME UNTO A CERTAIN W...
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...
BAPTIZED] 'Preaching Jesus' had clearly included instruction upon the nature and necessity of the Christian sacraments....
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 acquaintan...
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....
THEY CAME UNTO A CERTAIN WATER. — Men have naturally endeavoured to identify the locality. In the time of Jerome, probably in that of Eusebius (_de loc._)_,_ it was fixed at Bethsura, the Bethzur of 2...
ἰδοὺ ὕδωρ : “intus _fides_, foris _aqua_ præsto erat” Bengel. According to Jerome (_Epist._, ciii.) and Eusebius (περὶ τόπων), the site of the baptism was placed at Bethsura (Bethzur, Joshua 15:28; 2...
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 bus...
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 i...
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...
36._What letteth me? _The eunuch’s baptism ensueth now, whence we gather how greatly he profited in a small time, seeing he offereth himself willingly to give Christ his name. For it must needs be tha...
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 AS THEY WENT ON THEIR WAY,.... In the road from Jerusalem to Gaza; Philip preaching, and the eunuch hearing, and conversing in a religious and spiritual way together; and Beza says in one exemplar...
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? Ver. 36. _What doth hinder_] He stood not upon the repr...
_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...
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?...
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...
NOW AS THEY WENT DOWN THE ROAD, THEY CAME TO SOME WATER. AND THE EUNUCH SAID, " SEE, _HERE IS_ WATER. WHAT HINDERS ME FROM BEING BAPTIZED? " 1. What does it mean to "preach Jesus" to someone? 1. Fir...
And as they went on the way, they came unto. certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 'AND AS THEY WENT ON THE WAY'-Inferring that this 'bible s...
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...
A CERTAIN WATER; this water is supposed to be a fountain in a town called Bethsora, or a river called Eleutherus, which in that road must needs be passed over; it being otherwise very dry, and water v...
36. " And as they went along the road, they came to certain water. And the eunuch said, What hinders me to be immersed? " The appearance of the water to which they had come suggested this question, bu...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews In the Acts of the Apostles: "Lo, here is water; what is there which hinders me from being baptized? Then said Philip, If thou believe...
Acts 8:36 Now G1161 as G5613 down G4198 (G5711) G2596 road G3598 came G2064 (G5627) to G1
‘And as they went on the way, they came to a certain water, and the eunuch says, “Look, here is water. What hinders me from being baptised?' The eunuch accepts Philip's explanation, given by the powe...
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 i...
Acts 8:36. A CERTAIN WATER. Eusebius and Jerome point out as the scene of this baptism a fountain near Beth-sur, now a village, Beth-coron, not far from Hebron, some twenty miles south of Jerusalem....
WHAT DOTH HINDER ME TO BE BAPTIZED? (Τ κωλυε με βαπτισθηναι?). Evidently Philip had said something about baptism following faith and conversion. Verse Acts 8:37 is not a genuine part of Acts, a wes...
Acts 8:4. _Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord ga...
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...
THEY CAME TO A PLACE. The exact spot where this baptism took place is unknown. Jerome and Eusebius place it at Bethsura [Bethzur, Joshua 15:58], about twenty miles from Jerusalem, in a deep pool at th...
_The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter … Then Philip … began at the same Scripture and preached unto him Jesus._ PHILIP’S SERMON I. The text. “He...
_The eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?_ THE BAPTIZING OF THE EUNUCH Note-- I. That to an obedient and cheerful hearer the word of God is never preached without suc...
_And Philip ran … and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?_ UNDERSTANDING THE WORD 1. Notice the preliminary fact that the Scriptures challenge investigation. “Let us reason together,” says I...
_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 Lor...
_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 John 5:6; Acts 10:47; Ezekiel 36:25; John 3:23; John 3:5;...
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 ascrib...
And as they went on the way they came to a certain water — Thus, even the circumstances of the journey were under the direction of God. The kingdom of God suits itself to external circumstances, witho...
Observe here, 1. The eunuch is instructed before baptized, and he desireth baptism of Philip; it was not forced upon him by Philip against his will, THE EUNUCH SAID, WHAT HINDERS ME TO BE BAPTIZED? To...